sandbur
- noun
- /ˈsændˌbɜr/
- US
:
espina de arena
- The dog ran through the field, bringing back a few sandburs tangled in its fur.
Examples
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This old boy in Wyoming, he sat down on the ground, just to pull sandburs out of his trousers and his skull just suddenly flew into pieces about the size of your thumbnail.
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Along about here is where I finally put my foot down (upon something besides sandburs), announcing to one and all that the cat in the family would no longer be on a nonrestrictive diet.
Fiction book (1999) -
All is dust and sandburs and the intermittent crash of shoulder pads.
Fiction book (1998) -
I'm off to find a family with the compassion to perk up a cat's menu after he has gone to all the effort of bringing in sandburs for the carpet.
Fiction book (1999) -
While hiking in the park, I accidentally stepped on a patch of sandburs that stuck to my shoe.
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Carefully picking the sandburs from my clothes, I realized they were everywhere in the grassy area.
Synonyms
A grass from eastern US and tropical America with small spiky seed burs that stick to feet and fur
A grass with sharp prickly seed pods that stick to shoes
A grass with small sharp seed pods that stick to skin or clothing
A grass with spiky seed heads that stick to animals and clothing
Compounds
A grass from eastern US and tropical America with small spiky seed burs that stick to feet and fur
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sandbur comes from sand and bur, and a bur is a small, prickly seed that 'sticks' to fur or clothes. That's why a sandbur is a spiky grass with sticky seed pods often found in sandy fields.
