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Cockspur

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock. countable
  2. 2
    small spiny West Indian tree wordnet
  3. 3
    Grass of species (Echinochloa crus-galli). uncountable
  4. 4
    widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass wordnet
  5. 5
    A hawthorn of species (Crataegus crus-galli). countable
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  1. 6
    Orchard grass, a widely grown tall stout hay and pasture grass (Dactylis glomerata) of Eurasia. uncountable
  2. 7
    A small West Indian tree (Pisonia aculeata). countable
  3. 8
    Any of several spiny trees, formerly all of the genus Acacia, such as Vachellia cookii (cockspur acacia). countable
  4. 9
    Burgrass of species Cenchrus echinatus. uncountable
  5. 10
    An annual European weed of species Centaurea melitensis, naturalized in North and South America. uncountable
  6. 11
    Any plant of species Casearia aculeata, of the tropical Americas. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English cokkispore, equivalent to cock + spur.

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