English > Cenchrus: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs. |
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Synonym | genus Cenchrus |
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Member of | Gramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family | The grasses |
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Members | burgrass, bur grass | A grass of the genus Cenchrus |
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sandbur, sandspur, field sandbur, Cenchrus tribuloides | grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs |
Broader | monocot genus, liliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed |
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Spanish | cenchrus, genus cenchrus |
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Catalan | cenchrus, Cenchrus, genus cenchrus |
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