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COCKLEBUR

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cock⋅le⋅bur

  [kok-uhl-bur]
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–noun
1. any composite plant of the genus Xanthium, comprising coarse weeds with spiny burs.
2. the burdock, Arctium lappa.
Origin:
1795–1805; cockle 2 + bur 1
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cock·le·bur   (kŏk'əl-bûr')   
n.  

  1. Any of several annual weeds of the genus Xanthium in the composite family, having small seedlike fruits enclosed within a prickly bur that clings readily to clothing or animal fur.

  2. A bur of this plant.

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cocklebur

weedy annual plant of the genus Xanthium of the family Asteraceae, distributed throughout much of Europe and parts of North America. Some authorities consider that the genus contains about 15 species, others say from 2 to 4

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