English > Xanthium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles. |
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| Synonym | genus Xanthium |
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| Member of | Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family | plants with heads composed of many florets |
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| Members | cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr | Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs |
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| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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| Spanish | genus xanthium, xanthium |
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| Catalan | genus xanthium, xanthium |
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