Home › Words › C › cockleburcockleburcocklebur means any of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.EtymologyFrom cockle + bur.nounAny of the coarse composite weeds of the genus Xanthium, with a prickly fruit.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.clotweed 70% match — cocklebur vs cocklebur →corncockle 69% match — Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Agrostemma, in the Caryophyllaceae family. vs cocklebur →burweed 67% match — Any of various plants with burrs or thistles as fruit. vs cocklebur →clote 65% match — The common burdock; the clotbur. vs cocklebur →clotbur 62% match — The burdock. vs cocklebur →charlock 62% match — Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Rhamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis). vs cocklebur →hogweed 62% match — Any coarse weedy herb. vs cocklebur →coakum 61% match — Synonym of pokeweed. vs cocklebur →