English noun: cocklebur | |||
1. | cocklebur (plant) any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs | ||
Synonyms | cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cockleburr | ||
Broader (hypernym) | weed | ||
Member meronym | genus Xanthium, Xanthium | ||
2. | cocklebur (plant) burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use | ||
Synonyms | Arctium lappa, great burdock, greater burdock | ||
Broader (hypernym) | burdock, clotbur | ||