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Cenchrus

noun

a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs

• Syn: ↑genus Cenchrus

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family

• Member Meronyms: ↑burgrass, ↑bur grass, ↑sandbur, ↑sandspur, ↑field sandbur, ↑Cenchrus tribuloides

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\\ˈseŋkrəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kenchros millet; probably akin to Latin frendere to grind — more at grind

: a genus of grasses having spikelets enclosed in ovoid spiny involucres that form burs, the plants providing good forage before the bur develops

Useful english dictionary. 2012.