burgrass
- noun
- /ˈbɜrˌɡræs/
- Specialized
:
grama bur
- Gardeners often remove burgrass because its sticky seeds cling to clothing and animal fur.
Examples
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The farmer found that burgrass quickly spread across the pasture, making it difficult for livestock to graze.
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Cattle can sometimes avoid areas overgrown with burgrass due to its spiky burs.
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The burgrass in the field was thick and green.
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I noticed some burgrass sticking to my jeans.
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Gardeners often remove burgrass because its sticky seeds cling to clothing and animal fur.
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Cattle can sometimes avoid areas overgrown with burgrass due to its spiky burs.
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I noticed some burgrass sticking to my jeans while walking through the field.
Synonyms
A grass with spiny seeds that stick to animals and can hurt bare feet
A grass that makes spiny seed cases that stick to animals
A group of grass plants that make spiny burrs
A grass with sharp prickly seed pods that stick to shoes
A grass with small spiky seed balls that stick to fur or clothes
A grass from eastern US and tropical America with small spiky seed burs that stick to feet and fur
A grass that grows in dense clumps and feeds animals in dry areas, called buffel grass
A common weed grass with yellow, rough, stiff seed heads
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Burgrass combines bur ('a sticky seed that clings') and grass, because this plant makes spiky burs that catch on clothes and animal fur. So the name helps you remember that its seeds stick and spread.
