Definition of burdock Burdock

bur•dock

We found 5 definitions of burdock from 5 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: burdocks

burdock - any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
  clotbur
  subshrub, suffrutex low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
  arctium, genus arctium burdock
  arctium minus, common burdock, lesser burdock a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • burdock (n.)
    A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • burdock
    See Bur (1)

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