HyperDic: burdock

English > 1 sense of the word burdock:
NOUNplantburdock, clotburany of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
English > burdock: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs.
Synonymclotbur
Member ofArctium, genus Arctiumburdock
Narrowercommon burdock, lesser burdock, Arctium minusA plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil
great burdock, greater burdock, cocklebur, Arctium lappaburdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor
Broadersubshrub, suffrutexlow-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
Spanisharctium, bardana, clotbur, lampazo
Catalanbardana, clotbur

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