About The Word Burdock
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Burdock
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What's The Definition Of Burdock?
[n] any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
Synonyms | Synonyms for Burdock: clotbur Related Terms | Find terms related to Burdock: See Also | Arctium | Arctium lappa | Arctium minus | cocklebur | common burdock | genus Arctium | great burdock | greater burdock | lesser burdock | subshrub | suffrutex Burdock In Webster's Dictionary \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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