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Xanthium

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

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Word	Definition
genus xanthiumnoun	coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
xanthonenoun	(organic chemistry) An aromatic ketone, 9-oxo-xanthene, that is used as an insecticide.
xanthatenoun	(chemistry) Any salt or ester of xanthic acid.
xanthinnoun	Alternative spelling of xanthine. [(chemistry) Any of a group of alkaloids that include caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine as well as the parent compound, a precursor of uric acid found in many organs of the body.]
xanthinenoun	(chemistry) Any of a group of alkaloids that include caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine as well as the parent compound, a precursor of uric acid found in many organs of the body.
xanthophyllnoun	(organic chemistry, uncountable) Lutein.
xanthnoun	a series of novels by author Piers Anthony, also known as The Magic of Xanth.
xanthonoun	—
xanthicnoun	Of a yellowish colour.
xanthosomanoun	a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae.
xanthomanoun	(medicine) A small, yellow nodule, rich in cholesterol and other lipids, that occurs in the skin, often near a joint
xanthomatosisnoun	(medicine) A disorder in which excess lipid accumulates in the body and produces xanthomas
xanthippenoun	(literary, derogatory, dated) An ill-tempered woman.
xanthusnoun	Xanthus of Lydia (Xanthos ho Lydos) was a Greek historian, logographer and citizen of Lydia who, during the mid-fifth century BC, wrote texts on the history of Lydia known as Lydiaca, a work which was highly commended by Dionysius of Halicarnassus.
xanthinoun	A city in Thrace, northeastern Greece.
xanthopsianoun	A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow.
xanthomonasnoun	(from greek: xanthos – "yellow"; monas – "entity") a genus of bacteria, many of which cause plant diseases.
zanthoxylumnoun	Any of the genus Zanthoxylum of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family.
xanthenenoun	(organic chemistry) Any of a group of tricyclic heterocycles (dibenzopyrans) that are the basis for a range of dyes such as fluorescein and eosin.
xanthelasmanoun	A deposit of cholesterol on the eyelid.