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Definition of Butterbur
1. Noun. Small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas.
Group relationships: Genus Petasites, Petasites
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Butterbur
1. n. A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter.
Definition of Butterbur
1. Noun. (botany) Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus ''Petasites'', have dense clusters of often purple flowers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Butterbur
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Medical Definition of Butterbur
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Literary usage of Butterbur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical by Royal Microscopical Society (Great Britain) (1873)
"It grows rampant at Canterbury in deserted gardens, where this butterbur has been
profusely in bloom from Christmas to January. And the pollen- grains are ..."
2. Stray Leaves from a Border Garden by Mary Pamela (Ellis) Milne-Home (1901)
"There was quite a forest of big butterbur- leaves along the bank, and the bairnies
plucked them and waved them proudly as parasols, and then cast them into ..."
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