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Xanthium (gcide) | 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.
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xanthium (wn) | Xanthium
n 1: coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers
followed by burrs with hooked bristles [syn: Xanthium,
genus Xanthium] |
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Xanthium strumarium (gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] |
genus xanthium (wn) | genus Xanthium
n 1: coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers
followed by burrs with hooked bristles [syn: Xanthium,
genus Xanthium] |
xanthium (wn) | Xanthium
n 1: coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers
followed by burrs with hooked bristles [syn: Xanthium,
genus Xanthium] |
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