cocklebur
any composite plant of the genus Xanthium, comprising coarse weeds with spiny burs.
the burdock, Arctium lappa.
Origin of cocklebur
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How to use cocklebur in a sentence
A furry pony with mane and tail so loaded with cockleburs that he could not shake them, lifted his head and stared.
Bonaventure | George Washington CableIt was hard to tell what either the tail or mane was like as both were so matted with cockleburs and bits of weed.
Ticktock and Jim | Keith RobertsonThe land was overgrown with sunflowers and cockleburs and would have been considered dear at $10 per acre.
Farming with Dynamite | E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Co.Yer story is what I thought it would be—wild and woolly and full of cockleburs.
Ted Strong's Motor Car | Edward C. TaylorA rope to your foot, cockleburs in your hair, and a clothespin on your tongue.
The Roycroft Dictionary | Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for cocklebur
/ (ˈkɒkəlˌbɜː) /
any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium, having spiny burs: family Asteraceae (composites)
the bur of any of these plants
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