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COCKLE-BUR

Dictionary entry overview: What does cockle-bur mean?

• COCKLE-BUR (noun)
The noun COCKLE-BUR has 1 sense:

1. any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs

Familiarity information: COCKLE-BUR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• COCKLE-BUR (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cockle-bur; cockle-burr; cocklebur; cockleburr

Hypernyms ("cockle-bur" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("cockle-bur" is a member of...):

genus Xanthium; Xanthium (coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles)

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