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cockleburr

cockleburr is the alternative form of cocklebur.

Meaning of cocklebur

Noun

cocklebur (plural cockleburs)

  1. Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
    • Fig. 1.—Spiculated pollens of ragweeds (ambrosias) low in protein. […] In the cocklebur (Xanthium americanum) and the rough wild elder (Iva ciliata), the spicules are shorter, being 0.7 and 0.5 microns, and the reaction is proportionately less active than with the ragweeds (ambrosias). […] While...1916 September 16, W[illiam] Scheppegrell, “Direct and Indirect Hay-Fever: Preliminary Report of the Research Department of the American Hay-Fever-Prevention Association on the Etiology of...
    Synonyms:
    clotbur

Forms of cockleburr

pluralcockleburrs

Questions about cockleburr

What is cockleburr the alternative form of?
Cockleburr is the alternative form of cocklebur.

Words near cockleburr in the dictionary

  1. cockle wives
  2. cockle-bread
  3. cockleboat
  4. cockleboats
  5. cocklebur
  6. cockleburr
  7. cockleburrs
  8. cockleburs
  9. cockled
  10. cockleert
  11. cockleerts

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