genus xanthium

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   coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles

   SynonymsXanthium

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Questions about genus xanthium

What does genus xanthium mean?

genus xanthium means "coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles".

What is another word for genus xanthium?

Close synonyms include Xanthium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus xanthium a common word?

genus xanthium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.