Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cockle-bur

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: cock-le-bur
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs

Synonyms

cocklebur cockleburr cockle-burr

Questions

What does cockle-bur mean?: any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs

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