cockspur

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Synonyms: cockster, cockshut, cocks up, cockspurs

Antonyms: cockster, cockshut, cocks up, cockspurs

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Noun

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

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