COCKLEBUR

Meaning of COCKLEBUR in English

/kok"euhl berr'/ , n.

1. any composite plant of the genus Xanthium, comprising coarse weeds with spiny burs.

2. the burdock, Arctium lappa.

[ 1795-1805; COCKLE 2 + BUR 1 ]

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COCKLEBUR — noun Date: 1804 any of a genus ( Xanthium ) of prickly-fruited composite plants
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COCKLEBUR — noun or cock·le·burr ˈkäkəl, ˈkəkəl+ˌ- ( -s ) Etymology: cockle (I) + bur 1. : a plant of the genus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COCKLEBUR — (n.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- …
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COCKLEBUR — ( n. ) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COCKLEBUR — n. any coarse weed or plant with prickly seed husks; burdock, plant with a prickly clinging seedpod
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COCKLEBUR — noun Date: 1804 : any of a genus ( Xanthium ) of prickly-fruited composite plants ; also : one of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COCKLEBUR — noun a coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus xanthium; …
Webster English vocab
COCKLEBUR — ■ noun a plant of the daisy family with broad leaves and burred fruits, native to tropical America. [ Xanthium …
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COCKLEBUR
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COCKLEBUR — also called Clotbur, weedy annual plant of the genus Xanthium of the family Asteraceae, distributed throughout much of Europe and …
Britannica English vocabulary
COCKLEBUR — дурнишник (Xanthium) - beach cocklebur - glandular cocklebur - great cocklebur - Missouri cocklebur - spiny cocklebur
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
COCKLEBUR — дурнишник ( Xanthium ) - beach cocklebur - glandular cocklebur - great cocklebur - Missouri cocklebur - spiny cocklebur
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COCKLEBUR — n. Pronunciation: ' kä-k ə l- ˌ b ə r, ' k ə - Function: noun Date: 1804 : any …
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SPINY COCKLEBUR — noun see spiny clotbur
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FRENCH COCKLEBUR — noun Usage: usually capitalized F : caesar weed
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DAGGER COCKLEBUR — noun : spiny clotbur
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SPINY COCKLEBUR — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
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BURWEED — noun Date: circa 1783 any of various plants (as a cocklebur or burdock) having burry fruit
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COCKLEBURR — noun see cocklebur
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CUCKOLD — I. ˈkəkəld sometimes ˈku̇k- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English cukeweld, cokewold 1. : a man whose wife is …
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COCKLE
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XANTHIUM — ˈzan(t)thēəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek xanthion, a plant used to dye the hair yellow, from xanthos …
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SPINY CLOTBUR — noun or spiny cocklebur : a European cocklebur ( Xanthium spinosum ) naturalized widely as a weed in waste grounds …
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SHEEP BUR — noun : any of several plants whose fruits or seeds tend to lodge in sheep's wool: as a. : an …
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SEA BURDOCK — noun : a halophile cocklebur ( Xanthium echinatum ) native to coastal areas of eastern No. America but widely distributed …
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SANDBUR — noun also sandburr ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Etymology: sand (I) + bur, burr : any of several weeds growing in waste places and …
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NOOGOORA BURR — nüˈgu̇rə noun Usage: usually capitalized N Etymology: noogoora (of unknown origin) + burr : a European cocklebur ( Xanthium pungens …
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DITCHBUR — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : cocklebur
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CLOTWEED — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: clote + weed : cocklebur 1
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BUTTONBUR — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) : cocklebur
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BURWEED — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of certain plants having the fruit enclosed in a bur: as a. : cocklebur b. : …
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BURDOCK — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: burr (prickly envelope) + dock 1. : any plant of the genus Arctium 2. …
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