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English noun: cocklebur

1. cocklebur (plant) any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs


Synonymscockle-bur, cockle-burr, cockleburr


Broader (hypernym)weed


Member meronymgenus 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


SynonymsArctium lappa, great burdock, greater burdock


Broader (hypernym)burdock, clotbur









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