XANTHIUM

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



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