Associations to the word «Xanthium»

Wiktionary

XANTHIUM, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae   — cockleburs.

Dictionary definition

XANTHIUM, noun. Coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats