cocklebur

Noun

cock=le=bur

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cocklebur(n = noun.plant) cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cockleburr - any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs; Array

is a member of genus xanthium, xanthium

is a kind of weed

cocklebur(n = noun.plant) arctium lappa, great burdock, greater burdock - 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; Array

is a kind of burdock, clotbur

cocklebur, n.

A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur. [1913 Webster]

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