Definition of cockle
(Entry 1 of 3)
: any of several weedy plants of the pink family
especially
: corn cockle
cockle
noun (2)Definition of cockle (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: any of various chiefly marine bivalve mollusks (family Cardiidae) having a shell with convex radially ribbed valves
especially
: a common edible European bivalve (Cerastoderma edule synonym Cardium edule)
2
: cockleshell
cockle
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The first known use of cockle was before the 12th century
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