Definition of Greater burdock

1. Noun. Burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use.

Exact synonyms: Arctium Lappa, Cocklebur, Great Burdock
Generic synonyms: Burdock, Clotbur

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greater Burdock

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greaten
greatened
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greatens
greater
greater alar cartilage
greater alar cartilages
greater argentine
greater argonaut
greater arterial circle of iris
greater bamboo lemur
greater bamboo lemurs
greater bilby
greater burdock (current term)
greater celandine
greater circulation
greater cul-de-sac
greater curvature of stomach
greater fool theory
greater galago
greater galagos
greater good
greater horn of hyoid bone
greater knapweed
greater kudu
greater masterwort
greater multangular bone

Literary usage of Greater burdock

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

1. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"... or the like, and thus the fruitlets are transported from one place to Greater Burdock (Arctium Lappa, var. m<yu») : a, section of flower-head, ..."

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