clotbur

noun — 2 senses

clotbur

noun

Etymology From clote + burr. Compare clitbur.

1

UK, Dialectal, Obsolete The burdock.

  • a weed with large leaves and burs somewhat like those of the burdock or clotbur1879, Richard Chandler Alexander Prior, On the popular names of British plants:
2

US The cocklebur.

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