clotbur

English

Alternative forms

  • clotebur

Etymology

From clote +‎ burr. Compare clitbur.

Noun

clotbur (plural clotburs)

  1. (UK, obsolete, dialect) The burdock.
    • 1879, Richard Chandler Alexander Prior, On the popular names of British plants:
      a weed with large leaves and burs somewhat like those of the burdock or clotbur
  2. (US) The cocklebur.
    Synonym: sea burdock

References

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