Field Sandbur (Noun)
Meaning
Grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Field sandbur was often considered a nuisance in well-manicured lawns due to its ability to produce sharp burs that could cause discomfort.
- Gardening in the eastern United States required a certain level of knowledge, including how to remove the field sandbur from one's garden.
- During tropical American travels, many tourists complainingly encountered field sandbur when walking barefoot through beaches.
- Farmers often cursed the field sandbur as it invaded their crops with burs that proved hard to separate.
- Hikers through open meadows of eastern United States commonly reported problems with the pointed seed burs of the field sandbur grass.