English Explanatory Dictionary

cocklebur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.

Word forms

cocklebur cockleburs

Etymology

From cockle + bur.

Synonyms

clotbur

Derived words

Argentine cocklebur beach cocklebur common cocklebur rough cocklebur smoothish cocklebur spiny cocklebur
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary