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BURNET
Proper noun
Burnet
A surname.
A city, the county seat of Burnet County, Texas.
Anagrams
• Brunet, Butner, beturn, brunet, bunter
Etymology
Noun
burnet (usually uncountable, plural burnets)
Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including
salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.
Any of several species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, typically having black forewings with red spots.
Anagrams
• Brunet, Butner, beturn, brunet, bunter
Source: Wiktionary
Bur"net, n. Etym: [OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim. of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See Brunette.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth (Zoöl.), in England, a handsome moth (Zygæna filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings.
– Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage.
– Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis).
– Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium (or Sanguisorba) oficinalis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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