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Cocklebur

noun
1.
Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs.  Synonyms: cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cockleburr.
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.  Synonyms: Arctium lappa, great burdock, greater burdock.






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... form and absolutely constant, as are also the thornless thorn-apples. Last year a very curious instance of a partial loss of prickles was discovered by Mr. Cockerell of East Las Vegas in New Mexico. It is a variety of the American cocklebur, often called sea-burdock, or the [140] hedgehog-burweed, a stout and common weed of the western states. Its Latin name is Xanthium canadense or X. commune and the form referred to is named by Mr. Cockerell, ...
— Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation • Hugo DeVries



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