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