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    COCKLE-BURR

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrsplay

    Synonyms:

    cockle-bur; cockle-burr; cocklebur; cockleburr

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

    Holonyms ("cockle-burr" 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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