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Definition of Cockle-burr
1. Noun. Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.
Group relationships: Genus Xanthium, Xanthium
Generic synonyms: Weed
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockle-burr
Literary usage of Cockle-burr
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Agriculturist (1844)
"The Southwestern Farmer says that whenever hogs are turned into a pasture where
cockle burr grows, they invariably die. Twenty-seven Crops of Rye in ..."
2. The Pawnee: Mythology (Part I) by George Amos Dorsey (1906)
"Next day he identifies his wife by cockle burr on her tail. On following day he
identifies his child as it winks at him and by cockle burr over his right ..."
3. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to by William Hemsley Emory (1848)
"The cockle burr and sand burr are тегу abundant, so much so, as to annoy us by
sticking fast \o our clothing ami blankets; and our mules got their manes and ..."
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