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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
cocklebur
    n 1: any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
         [syn: cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-
         burr]
    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,
       cocklebur, Arctium lappa]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

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