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cocklebur
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cock·le·bur  (kkl-bûr)
n.
1. Any of several annual weeds of the genus Xanthium in the composite family, having small seedlike fruits enclosed within a prickly bur that clings readily to clothing or animal fur.
2. A bur of this plant.
cocklebur [ˈkɒkəlˌbɜː]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium, having spiny burs: family Asteraceae (composites)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the bur of any of these plants
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Noun1.cockleburcocklebur - any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cockleburr
genus Xanthium, Xanthium - coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
2.cockleburcocklebur - 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
Arctium lappa, great burdock, greater burdock
burdock, clotbur - any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs


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