cockspur

Other forms: cockspurs

Definitions of cockspur
  1. noun
    widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass
    synonyms: Dactylis glomerata, cocksfoot, orchard grass
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    type of:
    grass
    narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
  2. noun
    small spiny West Indian tree
    synonyms: Pisonia aculeata
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    type of:
    tree
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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