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  • 1. sandbur
  • Sandbur in a sentence
Table of Contents
  • 1. sandbur
  • Sandbur in a sentence
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology

1. sandbur

noun. grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.

Synonyms

  • field sandbur
  • sandspur
  • Cenchrus tribuloides
  • genus Cenchrus
  • Cenchrus

Antonyms

  • uncover

Etymology

  • bur (English)
  • sand (English)
  • sand (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

Sentences with sandbur


1. Noun, singular or mass
This will cut down the sandbur and reduce the number of stickers you have to deal with.

2. Foreign word
Annual weed grasses include crabgrass, sandbur barnyard grass, goose grass and witch grass.

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