burdock
a composite plant of the genus Arctium, especially A. lappa, a coarse, broad-leaved weed bearing prickly heads of burs that stick to the clothing.
Origin of burdock
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How to use burdock in a sentence
One of the sheep, on its way back to the pen, saw a well-loaded burdock that had been overlooked.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurOnly somewhere close by, persistently a great burdock leaf flapped and whispered.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan TurgenevThis Clote leaf is by many considered to be the burdock leaf, but it was more probably the name of the Water-lily.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeSo she took it off and laid it under a big burdock plant leaf near the pond, to keep the flowers and ribbons dry.
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble | Howard R. GarisA few twigs of the burdock were cut off, and carefully wrapped in paper by the investigators.
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British Dictionary definitions for burdock
/ (ˈbɜːˌdɒk) /
a coarse weedy Eurasian plant of the genus Arctium, having large heart-shaped leaves, tiny purple flowers surrounded by hooked bristles, and burlike fruits: family Asteraceae (composites)
Origin of burdock
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