cocklebur
cocklebur · cockleburs
дурнишник
Spitzklette
Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruitAny of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
» One of the pigs ate a cocklebur plant and died.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
Spitzklette
дурни́шникdurníšnik
any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
Examples
2 sentencesOne of the pigs ate a cocklebur plant and died.
No human poisonings from cocklebur are known but seeds and seedlings are toxic and potentially fatal to animals.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit:
Origin
From cockle + bur.From cockle + bur.
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Forms
plural: cockleburs| Singular | cocklebur |
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regular
Synonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs:cockle-burcockleburrcockle-burr
- 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:great burdockgreater burdockArctium lappa
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedspiny cocklebur