- cockle-bur
- nounany coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs• Syn: ↑cocklebur, ↑cockleburr, ↑cockle-burr• Hypernyms: ↑weed• Member Holonyms: ↑Xanthium, ↑genus Xanthium
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cockle-burr — noun any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs • Syn: ↑cocklebur, ↑cockle bur, ↑cockleburr • Hypernyms: ↑weed • Member Holonyms: ↑Xanthium, ↑genus Xanthium … Useful english dictionary
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cockleburr — noun any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs • Syn: ↑cocklebur, ↑cockle bur, ↑cockle burr • Hypernyms: ↑weed • Member Holonyms: ↑Xanthium, ↑genus Xanthium … Useful english dictionary
genus Xanthium — noun coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles • Syn: ↑Xanthium • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Xanthium — noun coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles • Syn: ↑genus Xanthium • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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