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xanthium


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Xanthium  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Xanthium 
  n  :  coarse  herbs  having  small  heads  of  greenish  flowers  followed 
  by  burrs  with  hooked  bristles  [syn:  {Xanthium},  {genus 
  Xanthium}] 




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