burdock

/ˈbʌrdɑk/
/ˈbʌdɒk/
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Other forms: burdocks

Definitions of burdock
  1. noun
    any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
    synonyms: clotbur
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    types:
    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
    Arctium lappa, cocklebur, great burdock, greater burdock
    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
    type of:
    subshrub, suffrutex
    low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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