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Definition of Burdock
1. Noun. Any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs.
Exact synonyms: Clotbur
Group relationships: Arctium, Genus Arctium
Specialized synonyms: Arctium Minus, Common Burdock, Lesser Burdock, Arctium Lappa, Cocklebur, Great Burdock, Greater Burdock
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Group relationships: Arctium, Genus Arctium
Specialized synonyms: Arctium Minus, Common Burdock, Lesser Burdock, Arctium Lappa, Cocklebur, Great Burdock, Greater Burdock
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Definition of Burdock
1. n. A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals.
Definition of Burdock
1. Noun. Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burdock
1. a coarse weed [n -S]
Medical Definition of Burdock
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