Cockle-bur

3 definitions found

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

  Cocklebur \Coc"kle*bur`\, n. (Bot.)
     A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit;
     one of several species of the genus {Xanthium}; -- called
     also {clotbur}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cockle-bur
       n : any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
           [syn: {cocklebur}, {cockleburr}, {cockle-burr}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cocklebur
       n 1: any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
            [syn: {cockle-bur}, {cockleburr}, {cockle-burr}]
       2: 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 [syn: {great burdock}, {greater burdock}, {Arctium
          lappa}]