Definition of xanthium Xanthium
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What does xanthium mean?
WordNet
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| xanthium - coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles | ||
| genus Xanthium | ||
| asterid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs | ||
| aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- xanthium (n.)
A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur.
