cockspur

 [kok-spur]  

cock·spur

   [kok-spur]
noun
1.
a North American hawthorn, Crataegus crus-galli, having leathery, toothed leaves and red fruit, cultivated as a small ornamental tree.
2.
a gaslight burner having three jets.
Origin:
1585–95; for cock's spur
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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cockspur (ˈkɒkˌspɜː)
 
—n
1.  a spur on the leg of a cock
2.  an annual grass, Echinochloa crus-galli, widely distributed in tropical and warm temperate regions
3.  a small thorny North American hawthorn tree, Crataegus crus-galli

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