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

asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia

cocklebur, cockle-bur, cockleburr, cockle-burr - any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs

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The cocklebur fruit (genus Xanthium) is a seed pod measuring approximately 12 cm that is covered with stiff, hooked spines.

A rare case of bilateral bronchial foreign body

There are, however, reports of preparations made from plant species not belonging to the genus Xanthium that showed growth inhibition of R.

In vitro antifungal activities of extracts of fruits and other morphological parts of Xanthium strumarium against the plant pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani

The genus Xanthium includes 25 species, all of American origin.

A rare case of impacted vegetative foreign body in larynx: Xanthium Strumarium (Chhota Gokhru)

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