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COCKLEBURR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cockleburr mean?
• COCKLEBURR (noun)
The noun COCKLEBURR has 1 sense:
1. any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
Familiarity information: COCKLEBURR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cockle-bur; cockle-burr; cocklebur; cockleburr
Hypernyms ("cockleburr" is a kind of...):
weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)
Holonyms ("cockleburr" 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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