2Australian A European plant of the daisy family with yellow thistle-like flower heads that has become naturalized in Australia.
Centaurea melitensis, family Compositae
Example sentencesExamples
- There was a prickly weed known as cockspurs which grew amid the wheat crop and those handling hay at chaff cutting had to wear leather gloves.
- This is a potent new herbicide used to control cockspur and other weeds in rice paddy fields.