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Noun: sandbur  'san(d),bur
  1. Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
    - sandspur, field sandbur, Cenchrus tribuloides

Derived forms: sandburs

Type of: grass

Part of: Cenchrus, genus Cenchrus

Encyclopedia: Sandbur