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burdock

[ bur-dok ]

noun

  1. 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 /

noun

  1. 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)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of burdock1

First recorded in 1590–1600; bur 1 + dock 4
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Word History and Origins

Origin of burdock1

C16: from bur + dock 4
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Example Sentences

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.

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