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.) Defn: 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 - Similar Words

xanthidium anthodium xanthin xanthic hypanthium absinthium xanthous xanthoma xanthine xanthide