noun
a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
• Syn: ↑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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.