cockleburr

Other forms: cockleburrs

Definitions of cockleburr
  1. noun
    any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
    synonyms: cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cocklebur
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    type of:
    weed
    any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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