HyperDic: field_sandbur

English > 1 sense of the expression field sandbur:
NOUNplantfield sandbur, sandbur, sandspur, Cenchrus tribuloidesgrass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
English > field sandbur: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggrass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
Synonymssandbur, sandspur, Cenchrus tribuloides
Member ofCenchrus, genus CenchrusA genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
BroadergrassNarrow-leaved green herbage
Spanishsandbur, sandspur
Catalansandbur, sandspur

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