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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.