Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A common name of a species of Cenchrus, the burs of which are very spiny and tenacious.
  • noun Panicum glutinosum, a tropical grass in which the glumes or husks which inwrap the seed are very viscous and adhesive.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand and having burs for fruit.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a grass of the genus Cenchrus
  • noun a grass of the genus Cenchrus

Etymologies

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bur +‎ grass

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