Usually means: Prickly weed with burr seeds.
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  1. sandbur: Merriam-Webster
  2. sandbur: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. sandbur: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sandbur: Vocabulary.com
  5. sandbur: Wiktionary
  6. sandbur: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. sandbur (sandburr): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. sandbur: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. sandbur: Dictionary.com
  10. Sandbur: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. sandbur: Rhymezone
  12. sandbur: FreeDictionary.org
  13. sandbur: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. sandbur: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sandbur)

▸ noun:  Any of several grasses, of the genus Cenchrus, found in the south-eastern United States, that has a spiny burr

Similar:
sandspur, cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandburr, burgrass, cockspur, stickaburr, burrograss, buffelgrass, cutty grass, more...

Opposite:
smooth, soft, silky, velvety

Phrases:
field sandbur, more...

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Similar:
sandspur, cenchrus tribuloides, field sandbur, sandburr, burgrass, cockspur, stickaburr, burrograss, buffelgrass, cutty grass, more...

Opposite:
smooth, soft, silky, velvety

Phrases:
field sandbur, more...



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