| Pronunciation: | | 'kâkul`bur
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| Matching Terms: | | cockleburr
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- [n] 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
- [n] any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
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| | Synonyms: | | Arctium lappa, cockleburr, great burdock, greater burdock |
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| | See Also: | | burdock, clotbur, genus Xanthium, weed, Xanthium |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Coc"kle*bur`\, n. (Bot.)
A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit;
one of several species of the genus {Xanthium}; -- called
also {clotbur}.
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