burdock

Noun
Synonyms: clotbur

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing bursSynonyms: clotbur
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Burdock \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. [1913 Webster]

Note: The common burdock is the Lappa officinalis. [1913 Webster]

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