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cockle

16 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. cockle (noun)
  2. cockle (noun)
  3. cockle (noun)
  4. cockles of the heart
  5. hot cockles (noun plural but singular in constructrion)
  6. beaked cockle (noun)
  7. corn cockle (noun)
  8. cow cockle (noun)
  9. dog cockle (noun)
  10. false cockle (noun)
  11. heart cockle (noun)
  12. purple cockle (noun)
  13. rock cockle (noun)
  14. sticky cockle (noun)
  15. wheatear cockle (noun)
  16. white cockle (noun)

1cock·le

noun \ˈkä-kəl\

Definition of COCKLE

: any of several weedy plants of the pink family; especially : corn cockle

Origin of COCKLE

Middle English, from Old English coccel
First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Seed Plant Terms

aubergine, box, bramble, briar, composite, perpetual, pulse, trefoil

Rhymes with COCKLE

coccal

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