cocklebur
/ˈkɑkəlˌbɜr/
noun
- A plant with prickly burrs that stick to clothing and animal fur.
- The dog came home with cockleburs tangled in its fur.
- After hiking through the field, his pants were covered in cockleburs.
- Farmers consider cocklebur a troublesome weed in their pastures.
- The spiny seed pod or burr of this plant.
- She carefully removed a cocklebur from her sweater.
- The cocklebur's hooks are designed to catch onto passing animals.
- He threw a cocklebur at his brother as a joke.
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