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Xanthium

Xanthium Meaning & Definition
Xanthium Definition And Meaning

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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