Xanthium, genus Xanthium
(noun) coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.)
Definition: A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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