cocklebur
English
noun
Definitions
- Any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.
Etymology
Compound from English cockle + English bur.
Origin
English
bur
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bur English
- burdock English
- burfish English
- burgrass English
- burry English
- burseed English
- burweed English
- butterbur English
- cockle English
- cockleman English
- cockler English
- cockleshell English
- cocklewoman English
- cockling English
- cockly English
- corncockle English
- earcockle English
- hotcockles English
- sandbur English
- coquille French
- burre Middle English
- cokel Middle English
- cockille Middle Dutch