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COCKSPUR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small spiny West Indian tree

Synonyms:

cockspur; Pisonia aculeata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cockspur" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("cockspur" is a member of...):

genus Pisonia; Pisonia (genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass

Synonyms:

cocksfoot; cockspur; Dactylis glomerata; orchard grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cockspur" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

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