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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cocklebur \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cocklebur n 1: any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs [syn: {cockleburr}] 2: 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 lappa}]
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