xanthium

Noun
  1. Coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles (synset 112053408)
    is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym: cockle-bur, cockle-burr, cocklebur, cockleburr - any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
    belongs to: 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
    same as: genus xanthium

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