cockspur
About 0.02 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
- noun Barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
- noun Cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).
- noun Richard grass (Dactylis glomerata), a widely grown tall stout hay and pasture grass of Eurasia.
- noun Pullback (Pisonia aculeata), a small West Indian tree.
- noun Any member of species, formerly all of the genus Acacia, of several spiny trees, such as Vachellia cookii (cockspur acacia).
- noun Burgrass (Cenchrus echinatus).
- noun Maltese star thistle (Centaurea melitensis), an annual European weed, naturalized in North and South America.
Similar words
orchard grass cocksfoot dactylis glomerata pisonia aculeata spur gaffle footspur spurlet crew corseque
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