Dictionary

cockspur en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English cokkispore, equivalent to cock + spur.

Meanings

1. (countable) A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
2. (uncountable) Barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli).
3. (countable) Cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli).
4. (uncountable) Richard grass (Dactylis glomerata), a widely grown tall stout hay and pasture grass of Eurasia.
5. (countable) Pullback (Pisonia aculeata), a small West Indian tree.
6. (countable) Any member of species, formerly all of the genus Acacia, of several spiny trees, such as Vachellia cookii (cockspur acacia).
7. (uncountable) Burgrass (Cenchrus echinatus).
8. (countable, uncountable) Maltese star thistle (Centaurea melitensis), an annual European weed, naturalized in North and South America.
9. (countable) Any member of the species Casearia aculeata of shrubs and trees, of dry biomes of the tropical Americas.

Forms

Deriveds

cockspur acacia · cockspur flower · cockspur thorn · cockspur pricklypear · cockspur grass · cockspur coral · cockspur coral tree · cockspur burner · cockspur lamp · cockspur hawthorn

Synonyms

common barnyard grass · cockspur thorn · cockspur grass · water grass · barnyard millet · Japanese millet · gaff

Translations (2)

azg xjooꞌ quilꞌö (blade) · pl głóg ostrogowy (blade)