Cockle-bur (Noun)
Meaning
Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The farmer spent hours clearing the fields of cockle-bur and other weeds that were choking out his crops.
- After a long hike through the woods, Sarah found her socks and pants covered in sticky cockle-bur seeds.
- The cockle-bur that grew along the roadside was a nuisance to drivers who had to stop and pick the spiny burrs out of their tires.
- As a child, Emily loved playing in the fields, but hated getting cockle-bur stuck to her clothes and hair.
- The gardener carefully pulled out the cockle-bur that had sprouted up among the flowers, making sure not to spread the seeds further.