SANDBUR


Meaning of SANDBUR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsan(d)-ˌbər ]

noun

Date: 1830

: any of a genus ( Cenchrus ) of grasses producing spikelets enclosed in ovoid spiny involucres that form burs ; also : one of these burs

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.