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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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