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Definition of Cockleburr
1. Noun. Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.
Group relationships: Genus Xanthium, Xanthium
Generic synonyms: Weed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockleburr
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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