Definition of Cenchrus tribuloides

1. Noun. Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.

Exact synonyms: Field Sandbur, Sandbur, Sandspur
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Cenchrus, Genus Cenchrus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cenchrus Tribuloides

Celticism
Celticisms
Celticize
Celticized
Celticizes
Celticizing
Celtis
Celtis australis
Celtis laevigata
Celtis occidentalis
Celto-Germanic
Celtogermanic
Celts
Cenchrus
Cenchrus ciliaris
Cenchrus tribuloides (current term)
Cenozoic
Cenozoic era
Census Bureau
Centaur
Centaurea
Centaurea americana
Centaurea cineraria
Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea gymnocarpa
Centaurea imperialis
Centaurea moschata
Centaurea nigra
Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea solstitialis

Literary usage of Cenchrus tribuloides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1909)
"Wiry Leaf: Ammophila arenaria, Cenchrus tribuloides, Hairy Leaf: Ammophila arenaria, Xanthium echinatum, Quercus -falcata, Hudsonia tomentosa, ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1902)
"The forms of Panicum capillare and panicum proliferum are identical, while between these two and the one on Cenchrus tribuloides there is no appreciable ..."

3. The Bahama Islands by George Burbank Shattuck (1905)
"... Cenchrus tribuloides L., Euphorbia buxifolia L., etc. SPANISH WELLS, GEORGE ISLAND. The town of Spanish Wells is situated on a sandy plain which covers ..."

4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"The cenchrus tribuloides, a most annoying grass, which is common here, supplies the place of the cactus ferox; and the troublesome ..."

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