cocklebur Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
cockleburr; cockle-burr; cockle-bur.
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noun burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use
great burdock; greater burdock; Arctium lappa.
WordNet
Coc"kle*bur` noun
Definitions
(Bot.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium ; -- called alsoclotbur .