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Definition of Sandspur

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

Definition of Sandspur

1. a sandbur [n -S] - See also: sandbur

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sandspur

Literary usage of Sandspur

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

1. A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United Statesby Henry Gannett by Henry Gannett (1906)
"USG S 2087 sandspur OS L 2518 Do. .iron post northeast of section house. USG S 2, 117 Sawtelle Peak Hayden 10, 013 Sedgwick Peak , Wheeler ' 9207 Senter I ..."

2. Florida: The Keysby Don Philpott by Don Philpott (2002)
"The self-guiding Silver Palm Nature Trail follows the shore past yellow satinwood, gumbo limbo and silver palms, and the tidal lagoon at the end of sandspur ..."

3. A Report on Barracks and Hospitals, with Descriptions of Military Posts by John Shaw Billings (1870)
"... nakedness of the sand-hills, to which it is confined, with a luxuriant growth, causing them to resemble a field of tlie cultivated cereal. The sandspur ..."

4. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"... SANDBUR, sandspur. e involucre, consisting of two thick hard valves, which are exteriorly armed Annuals or perennials. Spikes terminal. ..."

5. Lower Peninsula, 1896-1900 by Michigan Geological Survey (1900)
"31. sandspur from east. ?27 feet, AT: Sec. 34. north line, river channel, swamp, 811 feet AT; Sec. 34, in Bingham township (see below), sand spit. ..."

6. A Report on the Underground Waters of Louisiana by Gilbert Dennison Harris, Arthur Clifford Veatch (1905)
"This refers to the same well reported by Mr. Shanks. 882. Section of well of St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway at sandspur, Grant Parish, La. ..."

7. A Dictionary of Altitudes in the United Statesby Henry Gannett by Henry Gannett (1906)
"USG S 2087 sandspur OS L 2518 Do. .iron post northeast of section house. USG S 2, 117 Sawtelle Peak Hayden 10, 013 Sedgwick Peak , Wheeler ' 9207 Senter I ..."

8. Florida: The Keysby Don Philpott by Don Philpott (2002)
"The self-guiding Silver Palm Nature Trail follows the shore past yellow satinwood, gumbo limbo and silver palms, and the tidal lagoon at the end of sandspur ..."

9. A Report on Barracks and Hospitals, with Descriptions of Military Posts by John Shaw Billings (1870)
"... nakedness of the sand-hills, to which it is confined, with a luxuriant growth, causing them to resemble a field of tlie cultivated cereal. The sandspur ..."

10. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"... SANDBUR, sandspur. e involucre, consisting of two thick hard valves, which are exteriorly armed Annuals or perennials. Spikes terminal. ..."

11. Lower Peninsula, 1896-1900 by Michigan Geological Survey (1900)
"31. sandspur from east. ?27 feet, AT: Sec. 34. north line, river channel, swamp, 811 feet AT; Sec. 34, in Bingham township (see below), sand spit. ..."

12. A Report on the Underground Waters of Louisiana by Gilbert Dennison Harris, Arthur Clifford Veatch (1905)
"This refers to the same well reported by Mr. Shanks. 882. Section of well of St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway at sandspur, Grant Parish, La. ..."

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