Xanthium

Xanthium
noun
coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
Syn: ↑genus Xanthium
Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
Member Meronyms: ↑cocklebur, ↑cockle-bur, ↑cockleburr, ↑cockle-burr

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\\ˈzan(t)thēəm\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek xanthion, a plant used to dye the hair yellow, from xanthos yellow
: a genus of coarse and rough or spiny herbs (family Compositae) having small heads of greenish flowers of which the pistillate enclosed in an involucre becomes a burr covered with hooked bristles — see cocklebur

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Xanˈthium noun
(Gr xanthion a plant used for dyeing the hair yellow) any of a small but widely-distributed genus of composite plants whose fruits bear hooked prickles very troublesome to sheep and other animals
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  • Xanthium — Xanthium …   Wikipédia en Français

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Xanthĭum — (X. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Compositae Senecionideae, Monöcie, Pentandrie L.; Art: X. strumarium (Spitzklette), mit herzförmig 3–5lappigen rauhen Blättern, eiförmig länglicher, mit hakenförmigen Dornen besetzten Steinfrüchten, an …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Xanthĭum — L. (Spitzklette, Kropfklette), Gattung der Kompositen, einjährige, kahle, stachlige oder steifhaarige Kräuter mit abwechselnden, gelappten oder eingeschnittenen Blättern und grünen, einhäusigen Blüten, von denen die weiblichen paarweise in einer… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Xanthium — Xanthĭum L., Spitzklette, Pflanzengattg. der Kompositen, Kräuter der gemäßigten und subtrop. Zone. X. strumarĭum L. (Kropfklette), in ganz Europa, diente früher zum Blondfärben der Haare, die Wurzel gegen Kropf; X. spinōsum L. (Choleradistel),… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Xanthium — Spitzkletten Xanthium sibiricum Systematik Unterklasse: Asternähnliche (Asteridae) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Xanthium — Xanthium …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Xanthium —   Xanthium …   Wikipedia Español

  • Xanthium — Ver texto El género Xanthium, también conocido como arrancamoños de la familia de las Asteraceae, son plantas herbáceas anuales de aspecto rústico, las cuales producen duras semillas espinosas en forma de cadillo redondeado que se pinchan en el… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Xanthium — ID 89021 Symbol Key XANTH2 Common Name cocklebur Family Asteraceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • xanthium — /ˈzænθiəm/ (say zantheeuhm) noun any plant of the genus Xanthium, which includes troublesome burr bearing weeds as the Noogoora burr, X. chinense, and the Bathurst burr, X. spinosum …  

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