cockle-bur

Definitions of cockle-bur
  1. noun
    any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
    synonyms: cockle-burr, cocklebur, cockleburr
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    type of:
    weed
    any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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