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单词 clotbur
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Definition of clotbur in English:

clotbur

nounˈklɒtbəːˈklätbər
  • 1A herbaceous plant of the daisy family with burred fruits, native to tropical America but now found all over the world.

    Genus Xanthium, family Compositae: two or three species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Beach clotbur has rough, sandpapery, triangular leaves and sharp burry fruits.
    • Spiny clotbur has upright growth habit, long shiny dark green leaves, cactuslike spines and seeds like cocklebur (which it is related to).
    • A green stripe of broad clotbur (Xanthium strumarium, or lachid hanehalim in Hebrew), a plant that grows in habitats in which there are seasonal water pools, attested that the leaks are a routine matter here.
    1. 1.1North American A burdock.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from dialect clote 'burdock' + burr.

 
 

Definition of clotbur in US English:

clotbur

nounˈklätbər
  • 1A herbaceous plant of the daisy family, with burred fruits. It originated in tropical America but is now cosmopolitan.

    Genus Xanthium, family Compositae: two or three species, in particular spiny clotbur (X. spinosum)

    See also cocklebur
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Spiny clotbur has upright growth habit, long shiny dark green leaves, cactuslike spines and seeds like cocklebur (which it is related to).
    • Beach clotbur has rough, sandpapery, triangular leaves and sharp burry fruits.
    • A green stripe of broad clotbur (Xanthium strumarium, or lachid hanehalim in Hebrew), a plant that grows in habitats in which there are seasonal water pools, attested that the leaks are a routine matter here.
    1. 1.1North American A burdock.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from dialect clote ‘burdock’ + burr.

 
 
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