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Definition: Xanthium |
XanthiumNoun1. Coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Xanthium \Xan"thi*um\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression xa`nqion plant used for dyeing the hair yellow, said to be the Xanthium strumarium, from xanqo`s yellow.]. (references) |
Synonym: XanthiumSynonym: genus Xanthium (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Xanthium |
| English words defined with "Xanthium": cocklebur, cockleburr. (references) |
Expressions using "Xanthium": genus Xanthium ♦ Xanthium strumarium. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
strumarium xanthium | 6 |
xanthium | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Xanthium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 葹 (Xanthium strumarium). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לכי×" (cocklebur). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anthiumxay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Xanthium" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Antium. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Xanthium" (pronounced 'Xan"thi*um'): Abandum, Absinthium, Acetabulum, Aconitum, Acrodactylum, Acropodium, Acrotarsium, Acroterium, Actinium, Addendum, Adiantum, Adytum, AEcidium, Agendum, Ageratum, Alabastrum, Alarum, Album, Alburnum, Alcyonium, Allium, Allodium, Alluvium, Aluminium, Aluminum, Ambulacrum, Amentum, Ammonium, Amoebaeum, Amomum, Amphibium, Anacardium, Androecium, Animalculum, Antependium, Antheridium, Anthodium, Antibrachium, Anticlinorium, Antrum, Apodyterium, Apothecium, Aquarium, Arachnidium, Arboretum, Arcanum, Archegonium, Archipterygium, Argentalium, arum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-m-n-t-u-x" | |
-2 letters: manitu, unmixt. | |
-3 letters: auxin, haunt, human, matin, unhat, unmix. | |
-4 letters: amin, anti, aunt, hant, haut, hint, hunt, main, math, maun, maut, maxi, mina, mint, minx, mixt, muni, tain, taxi, than, thin, tuna, unai, unit. | |
-5 letters: aim, ain, ait, ami, amu, ani, ant, ham, hat, him, hin, hit, hum, hun, hut, man, mat, max, mix. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-m-n-t-u-x" | |
+2 letters: exhumation. | |
+3 letters: exhumations. | |
+5 letters: hexamethonium. | |
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