COCKLE-BUR

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Meaning:

Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs

Synonyms:

cockle-bur; cockle-burr; cocklebur; cockleburr

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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