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Definition of Cocklebur
1. Noun. Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.
Group relationships: Genus Xanthium, Xanthium
Generic synonyms: Weed
2. Noun. Burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use.
Definition of Cocklebur
1. n. A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.
Definition of Cocklebur
1. Noun. (botany) A coarse composite weed with a prickly fruit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cocklebur
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cocklebur
Literary usage of Cocklebur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry for the Year by United States Bureau of Animal Industry (1896)
"5, issued October, 1893, states that the young foliage of clot or cocklebur is
poisonous to stock and that the burs damage wool. ..."
2. The Cereals in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1908)
"(3) cocklebur (Xanthium canadense Mill., and X. spinosum L.). (4) Spanish
Needles {Bidens bipinnata L., B.connata Muhl., and B.frondosa L.). 317. FOXTAIL. ..."
3. Successful Farming; a Ready Reference on All Phases of Agriculture for by Frank Duane Gardner (1916)
"It flowers from June throughout the summer and mature seed may be found in July.
The seeds, which are borne in globular, cocklebur ..."
4. Proceedings of the Ohio Academy of Science: Annual Reports of the 1st-40th by Ohio Academy of Science (1901)
"NOTES ON THE cocklebur. EE MASTERMAN, NEW LONDON, OHIO. ... to whether one seed
of the two in the cocklebur grew the first year after maturing and the other ..."
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