Also clote-, clott-. [f. CLOTE sb. + BUR; the vowel shortened before two consonants, as in bonfire.] The Burdock or ‘great clote,’ Arctium Lappa. † Lesser Clot-bur (obs.), the Bur-weed, Xanthium Strumarium.

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1548.  Turner, Names of Herbes (1881), 81. Xanthium is called in english Dichebur or Clotbur.

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1578.  Lyte, Dodoens, I. viii. 14. There be two sortes of Clotte Burres in this Countrey; the one is the great Burre, and the other ye lesser Burre. Ibid., I. viii. 15. The lesser Clote Burre is called … in English Diche Burre and lowse Burre. Ibid., III. x. 328. Great broade leaves … lyke to the leaves of Clot Burre.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, II. 227. The great Clot-bur, called in Greek Arcion.

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1655.  Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv. (1746), 313. Bur-Roots (I mean of the Clot-bur) … eaten like a young green Artichoke with Pepper and Salt.

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1737.  Ozell, Rabelais, II. xvi. II. 124. Clotburs … which he cast upon the gowns and caps of honest people.

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1776.  Withering, Brit. Pl. (1796), II. 184. Burdock, Common Burr, Clott-burr, Hurr-burr.

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