sandburr


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sandburr

(ˈsændˌbɜː) or

sandbur

n
(Plants) US a variety of wild grass
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A 2004 grad, Nikki Klein of Manito, bought her father's tack business and just opened Sandburr Tack and Western Wear, about five miles from the college.
The annual grasses provide good competition with winter annuals, such as mustard and cheat grass, and noxious summer annuals such as sandburr and puncture vine.
His <IR> WOLFVILLE </IR> (1897), Sandburrs (1900), Wolfville Days (1902), Wolfville Nights (1902), Wolfville Folks (1908), and Faro Nell and Her Friends (1913) were very popular in their day.