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Definition of Cenchrus tribuloides
1. Noun. Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Cenchrus, Genus Cenchrus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cenchrus Tribuloides
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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