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cocklebur::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cockleburr |
| Type of | weed |
cocklebur::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arctium lappa, great burdock, greater burdock |
| Type of | burdock, clotbur |
Examples of cocklebur
cocklebur
Shorn of the hard hat and the cocklebur vote, the Democrats needed a new approach.
From the denverpost.com
The spiny fruit of burdock or cocklebur were the inspiration for the invention of Velcro.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Examples include cocklebur and unicorn plant.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Part confidant, part cocklebur, he served principally as a top adviser on foreign policy to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson.
From the time.com
The Swiss inventor George de Mestral became so fed up with removing cocklebur seeds from his dog and jacket, he put one under a microscope to discover the secret of its stickiness.
From the independent.co.uk
- Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
- Great burdock: 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
- Cockleburs (Xanthium) are a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Americas and eastern Asia.
