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cockleburs

cockleburs is the plural 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

Phrases with cockleburs

Questions about cockleburs

What is cockleburs the plural of?
Cockleburs is the plural of cocklebur.

Words near cockleburs in the dictionary

  1. cockleboat
  2. cockleboats
  3. cocklebur
  4. cockleburr
  5. cockleburrs
  6. cockleburs
  7. cockled
  8. cockleert
  9. cockleerts
  10. cockleloft
  11. cocklelofts

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