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Noun: sandspur
  1. Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
    "Stepping on a sandspur can be a painful experience";
    - sandbur, field sandbur, Cenchrus tribuloides

Derived forms: sandspurs

Type of: grass

Part of: Cenchrus, genus Cenchrus

Encyclopedia: Sandspur