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n. - Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny growths.

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  • I think that he served a purpose, he made a cockleburr every once in awhile and he certainly was one.
  • Not to mention the somewhat operatic Flamingo, or that total wonder of composition, the Carolina Parrots, in a spray of cockleburr: brown sticks, sea-green feathers and...
  • "My name is Pinkney Dawson," said the cornerer of the cockleburr market.
  • If you are not a nerd or a dork, just skip straight to the picture of the cockleburr below and read from there.
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