clotbur
/ˈklɑtˌbɜr/
noun
- A plant with prickly seed heads that stick to clothing or animal fur.
- The dog came home with clotbur tangled in its tail.
- After hiking through the field, my socks were covered in clotbur.
- Farmers often remove clotbur from sheep's wool before shearing.
- The prickly seed head of such a plant.
- Children sometimes throw clotburs at each other as a joke.
- The clotbur stuck painfully to my hand when I tried to pull it off.
- I had to pick clotburs out of my sweater one by one.