cockspur

noun9

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