cockspur
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English cokkispore, equivalent to cock + spur.
Noun
editcockspur (countable and uncountable, plural cockspurs)
- (countable) A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
- Synonym: gaff
- (uncountable) Grass of species (Echinochloa crus-galli).
- (countable) A hawthorn of species (Crataegus crus-galli).
- Synonyms: cockspur hawthorn, cockspur thorn
- (uncountable) Orchard grass, a widely grown tall stout hay and pasture grass (Dactylis glomerata) of Eurasia.
- (countable) A small West Indian tree (Pisonia aculeata).
- (countable) Any of several spiny trees, formerly all of the genus Acacia, such as Vachellia cookii (cockspur acacia).
- (uncountable) Burgrass of species Cenchrus echinatus.
- (uncountable) An annual European weed of species Centaurea melitensis, naturalized in North and South America.
- Any plant of species Casearia aculeata, of the tropical Americas.
Derived terms
editterms using cockspur
- cockspur acacia (Vachellia cookii).
- cockspur burner
- cocksput coral, cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)
- cockspur flower (Plectranthus spp.)
- cockspur grass (Echinochloa crus-galli)
- cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli)
- cockspur lamp
- cockspur pricklypear (Opuntia pusilla)
- cockspur thorn (Crataegus spp., Maclura cochinchinensis)
Translations
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References
edit- cockspur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “*cockspur*”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.