Definitions for: Burdock


[n] any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: clotbur

See Also: Arctium, Arctium lappa, Arctium minus, cocklebur, common burdock, genus Arctium, great burdock, greater burdock, lesser burdock, subshrub, suffrutex

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