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burdock
CIDE DICTIONARY
burdock, n. [Bur + dock the plant.].
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]
" The common burdock is the Lappa officinalis ." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
burdock, n. any plant of the genus Arctium, with prickly flowers and docklike leaves.
Etymology
BUR + DOCK(3)
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