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    BUR GRASS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A grass of the genus Cenchrusplay

    Synonyms:

    bur grass; burgrass

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("bur grass" is a kind of...):

    grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bur grass"):

    buffel grass; Cenchrus ciliaris; Pennisetum cenchroides (erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage)

    Holonyms ("bur grass" is a member of...):

    Cenchrus; genus Cenchrus (a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs)

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