cockspur

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cockspur
    n 1: widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass [syn:
         {orchard grass}, {cocksfoot}, {cockspur}, {Dactylis
         glomerata}]
    2: small spiny West Indian tree [syn: {cockspur}, {Pisonia
       aculeata}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cockspur \Cock"spur\, n. (Bot.)
   A variety of {Crat[ae]gus}, or hawthorn ({Crat[ae]gus
   Crus-galli}), having long, straight thorns; -- called also
   {Cockspur thorn}.
   [1913 Webster]

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