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Definition of Genus Xanthium
1. Noun. Coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Cockle-bur, Cockle-burr, Cocklebur, Cockleburr
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Xanthium
Literary usage of Genus Xanthium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1906)
"Outside the genus Xanthium there are no seeds which behave in a similar manner,
so far as can be ascertained, and no fruits of like structure. ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1906)
"Outside the genus Xanthium there are no seeds which behave in a similar manner,
so far as can be ascertained, and no fruits of like structure. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"Such combinations always yield the form arachnoidea. On Physiological Isolation
in Types of the genus Xanthium: CHARLES A. ..."
4. The English Cyclopaediaby Charles Knight by Charles Knight (1867)
"The genus Xanthium has monoecious flowers; the male flowers have a many-leaved
involucrum, tubular petals, ..."
5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The genus Xanthium has monoecious flowers ; the male flowers have a many-leaved
involucrum, tubular petals, ..."
6. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia by American Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Philadelphia (1867)
"Inconsistently enough, the botanical genus Xanthium, which is derived from the
very same Greek root, is always spelt with an X and never with a Z. •)- The ..."
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