BURDOCK

burdock, clotbur

(noun) any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

burdock (plural burdocks)

Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

Source: Wiktionary


Bur"dock, n. Etym: [Bur + dock the plant.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals.

Note: The common burdock is the Lappa officinalis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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