burdock

[ bur-dok ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a composite plant of the genus Arctium, especially A. lappa, a coarse, broad-leaved weed bearing prickly heads of burs bur that stick to the clothing.

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 burdock¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; bur ¹ + dock ⁴

Origin of burdock¹

C16: from bur + dock ⁴

One of the sheep, on its way back to the pen, saw a well-loaded burdock that had been overlooked.

Only somewhere close by, persistently a great burdock leaf flapped and whispered.

This Clote leaf is by many considered to be the Burdock leaf, but it was more probably the name of the Water-lily.

So she took it off and laid it under a big burdock plant leaf near the pond, to keep the flowers and ribbons dry.

A few twigs of the burdock were cut off, and carefully wrapped in paper by the investigators.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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