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cocklebur

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: great burdock, greater burdock, Arctium lappa

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: burdock, clotbur

3

noun

Meaning 3

any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weed

History

Etymology

From cockle + bur.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: рогачица (rogačica) — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Catalan: espina-xoca — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒼耳 /苍耳 (cāng'ěr) — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 葹 (shī) — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Czech: řepeň — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Finnish: sappiruoho — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • French: xanthium — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • French: lampourde — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • German: Spitzklette — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Ancient Greek: ξάνθιον (xánthion) — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Italian: nappola — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Latin: xanthium — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Polish: rzepień — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Portuguese: arzola — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Russian: дурни́шник (durníšnik) — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: dȉkica — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: číčak — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: repinac — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Slovak: voškovník — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Slovene: bodìč — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Swedish: gullfrö — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit
  • Turkish: pıtrak — any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit