
Meaning of BURDOCK
| Pronunciation: | | 'burdâk
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs |
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BURDOCK is a 7 letter word that starts with B. |
| | Synonyms: | | clotbur |
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| | See Also: | | Arctium, Arctium lappa, Arctium minus, cocklebur, common burdock, genus Arctium, great burdock, greater burdock, lesser burdock, subshrub, suffrutex | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bur"dock\, n. [Bur + dock the plant.] (Bot.)
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}.
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