cocklebur

n 1: any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs

[syn: {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 [syn: {great burdock}, {greater burdock}, {Arctium

lappa}]