蒼耳屬
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.
Xanthium n : coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles [syn: {genus Xanthium}]