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. | ||||
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Xanthium
Noun
1. coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
(synonym) genus Xanthium
(hypernym) asterid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family
(member-meronym) cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr
Noun
1. coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
(synonym) genus Xanthium
(hypernym) asterid dicot genus
(member-holonym) Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family
(member-meronym) cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr
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xanthium
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.
xanthium
n : coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles [syn: xanthium, genus xanthium ]
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.
xanthium
n : coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles [syn: xanthium, genus xanthium ]
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Cocklebur
The Cockleburs (Xanthium) are a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Americas and eastern Asia.
They are coarse, herbaceous annual plants growing to 50-120 cm tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, with a deeply toothed margin. Some species, notably X. spinosum, are also very thorny with long, slender spines at the leaf bases.
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