Definition of Cockleburr

1. Noun. Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.

Exact synonyms: Cockle-bur, Cockle-burr, Cocklebur
Group relationships: Genus Xanthium, Xanthium
Generic synonyms: Weed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockleburr

cockieleekie
cockier
cockies
cockiest
cockily
cockiness
cockinesses
cocking
cocking of a snook
cocking of snooks
cockish
cockle
cockle-bur
cockle-burr
cocklebur
cockleburr (current term)
cockleburs
cockled
cockler
cocklers
cockles
cockleshell
cockleshells
cockless
cocklicker
cocklickers
cocklike
cockling
cockloft
cocklofts

Literary usage of Cockleburr

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1908)
"... sides* of the roads grow in profusion the rabbit-foot clover, immortelle, cockleburr, seaside goldenrod and carpet weed, spreading its flat little mats. ..."

2. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"With the cockleburr crushing the wheat. Little boy baby, look well on your mother ; Some day you may ask why she bore you at all; For the trenches are foul ..."

3. The Conservation of Natural Resources in the United States by Charles Richard Van Hise (1918)
"... and that such spraying also acts as a powerful deterrent for cockleburr, ragweed, dandelion, daisy, wild lettuce, and various other common farm weeds. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1899)
"cockleburr. 388. X. strumarium, L. River banks, West Davenport ; frequent. 389. A'. Canadense, Mill. ..."

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