Meaning of XANTHIUM
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| | Definition: | | [n] coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Xanthium |
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| | See Also: | | aster family, Asteraceae, asterid dicot genus, cocklebur, cockleburr, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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