Cockspur

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cockspur \Cock"spur\, n. (Bot.)
     A variety of {Crat[ae]gus}, or hawthorn ({Crat[ae]gus
     Crus-galli}), having long, straight thorns; -- called also
     {Cockspur thorn}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cockspur
       n 1: widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass [syn: {orchard
            grass}, {cocksfoot}, {Dactylis glomerata}]
       2: small spiny West Indian tree [syn: {Pisonia aculeata}]