A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use