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Define the word Xanthium strumarium

"Xanthium strumarium" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

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.)
   A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the
   involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur;
   clotbur.
   [1913 Webster]