burgrass

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A common name of a species of Cenchrus, the burs of which are very spiny and tenacious.
2. n. Panicum glutinosum, a tropical grass in which the glumes or husks which inwrap the seed are very viscous and adhesive.

Wiktionary

1. n. A grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand and having burs for fruit.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Bot.) Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a grass of the genus Cenchrus
2. n. a grass of the genus Cenchrus