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sand⋅bur

  [sand-bur]
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–noun
1. any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
2. any of several bur-bearing weeds growing in sandy places, as Franseria acanthicarpa or Solanum rostratum, of the western U.S.
Also, sandburr.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; sand + bur 1
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sand·bur   (sānd'bûr')   
n.   In both senses also called sandspur.

  1. Any of several grasses of the genus Cenchrus, especially C. tribuloides, of the eastern United States and tropical America, having a spiny burlike envelope that surrounds several one-grained spikelets.

  2. The burlike envelope of any of these plants.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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