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Cocklebur

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor

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Wordset Dictionary

any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
cockle-burcockle-burrcockleburcockleburrgreat burdock
alternatephrasing
Cockle-Bur
plural
Cockleburs
possessive
Cocklebur's
pluralpossessive
Cockleburs'