BURNETS

Noun

burnets

plural of burnet

Anagrams

• Brunets, Butners, brunets, bunters, burnest, bursten, subrent

Source: Wiktionary


BURNET

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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