cocklebur

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English

Spiny cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum.

Etymology

cockle +‎ bur

Noun

cocklebur (plural cockleburs)

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

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