| NOUN | plant | Xanthium, genus Xanthium | coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles |
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| Meaning | coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles. | |
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| Synonym | genus Xanthium | |
| Member of | Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family | plants with heads composed of many florets |
| Members | cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr | Any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs |
| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |