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sand·spur

 (sănd′spûr′)
n.
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sandspur

(ˈsændˌspɜː)
n
(Plants) an American wild grass
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Noun1.sandspur - grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burssandspur - grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
Cenchrus, genus Cenchrus - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
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