spiny cocklebur

  • 1spiny cocklebur — noun see spiny clotbur * * * a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe …

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  • 2spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe. * * * …

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  • 3Cocklebur — Xanthium Xanthium strumarium Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …

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  • 4spiny clotbur — noun or spiny cocklebur : a European cocklebur (Xanthium spinosum) naturalized widely as a weed in waste grounds and having 3 branched spines at the axils of the leaves …

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  • 5cocklebur — /kok euhl berr /, n. 1. any composite plant of the genus Xanthium, comprising coarse weeds with spiny burs. 2. the burdock, Arctium lappa. [1795 1805; COCKLE2 + BUR1] * * * ▪ plant also called  Clotbur,    weedy annual plant of the genus Xanthium …

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  • 6cocklebur — cock•le•bur [[t]ˈkɒk əlˌbɜr[/t]] n. pln any composite plant of the genus Xanthium, comprising coarse weeds with spiny burs • Etymology: 1795–1805 …

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  • 7cocklebur — noun 1. 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 • Syn: ↑great burdock, ↑greater burdock, ↑Arctium… …

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  • 8dagger cocklebur — noun : spiny clotbur …

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  • 9Xanthium spinosum — ID 89023 Symbol Key XASP2 Common Name spiny cockleburr Family Asteraceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Introduced to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD,… …

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  • 10Xanthium spinosum L. — Symbol XASP2 Common Name spiny cocklebur Botanical Family Asteraceae …

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