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GENUS XANTHIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
Synonyms:
genus Xanthium; Xanthium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Xanthium" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Xanthium"):
cockle-bur; cockle-burr; cocklebur; cockleburr (any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs)
Holonyms ("genus Xanthium" is a member of...):
aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)
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