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 thegenus Cenchrus, growing insand and havingburs 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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