About The Word Xanthium
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Xanthium
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What's The Definition Of Xanthium?
[n] coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
Synonyms | Synonyms for Xanthium: genus Xanthium Related Terms | Find terms related to Xanthium: See Also | aster family | Asteraceae | asterid dicot genus | cocklebur | cockleburr | Compositae | family Asteraceae | family Compositae Xanthium In Webster's Dictionary \Xan"thi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. xa`nqion a plant used
for dyeing the hair yellow, said to be the {Xanthium
strumarium}, from xanqo`s yellow.] (Bot.)
A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the
involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur;
clotbur.
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