Category: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.