COCKLE


Meaning of COCKLE in English

n. 1 any of various plants, esp. the pink-flowered corn-cockle, Agrostemma githago, growing among corn, esp. wheat. 2 a disease of wheat that turns the grains black.

[ OE coccul, perh. ult. f. LL COCCUS ]

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