cockle-bur
n : any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
[syn: cocklebur, cockleburr, cockle-burr]
cocklebur
n 1: any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
[syn: cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr]
2: 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 [syn: great burdock, greater burdock, Arctium
lappa]