Xanthium n. : A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur.Example:Herbal Medicines? What is wind-Heat? ?TaxonomyCocklebur, plant, species, seeds, Xanthium, unranked, Annual plant, free encyclopedia, Cockleburs, family Asteraceae, Spiny Cocklebur, Rough Cocklebur, genus, the leaves, the seeds, Asian species, Angiosperms, Asterales.Defination from the web:Xanthium) are a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the Americas and eastern Asia. Contents. 1 Growth. 2 ... Xanthium strumarium - Clotbur, Rough Cocklebur, Large Cocklebur, Common Cocklebur. North America, extensively naturalized elsewhere. Syn. ...
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