cockspur

cockspur

(ˈkɒkˌspɜː) n1. (Zoology) a spur on the leg of a cock2. (Plants) an annual grass, Echinochloa crus-galli, widely distributed in tropical and warm temperate regions3. (Plants) a small thorny North American hawthorn tree, Crataegus crus-galli

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cockspur - widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grasscocksfoot, Dactylis glomerata, orchard grassgrass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
	2.	cockspur - small spiny West Indian treePisonia aculeatagenus Pisonia, Pisonia - genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly Americatree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms