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Xanthium

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles

noun.plant

Synonyms genus xanthium

Source: WordNet 3.0
A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur.

noun

Source: webster1913