burgrass

      English

      Alternative forms

      • burrgrass

      Etymology

      bur +‎ grass

      Noun

      burgrass (countable and uncountable; plural burgrasses)

      1. A grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand and having burs for fruit.

      Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

      Last modified on 17 December 2012, at 14:51