Crossword clues for sandbur
Wiktionary
sandbur
n. Any of several grasses, of the genus (taxlink Cenchrus genus noshow=1), found in the south-eastern United States, that has a spiny burr
WordNet
sandbur
n. grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs [syn: sandspur, field sandbur, Cenchrus tribuloides]
Usage examples of "sandbur".
He protested when she took up her hairbrush, but she ignored him, and made him bend his head over her lap, while she picked pine straw and sandburs from his head, slowly working out the snarls.
It was hot and still under the pines, and his progress was impaired by all sorts of low bushes, creepers, patches of sandburs and other stickery things.