Definition of Common burdock

1. Noun. A plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa.

Exact synonyms: Arctium Minus, Lesser Burdock
Generic synonyms: Burdock, Clotbur

Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Burdock

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common bullfinch
common bullfinches
common burdock (current term)
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Literary usage of Common burdock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report: New York by Otis Stuart (1904)
"A. minus Schk. common burdock. A. Lappa minus A. Gray. Keweenaw Co., 0. A. Farwell; Bay Co., GM Bradford. CARDUUS L. CNICUS L. in part. *2228. ..."

2. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"If any are left until the second year, cut the flowering stalks close to the ground before any of the heads are mature. common burdock ..."

3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture \ by Peter Henderson (1910)
"of which there are two varieties, minor and major ; the common Burdock being the latter. Bur Grass. ..."

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