BURDOCK
Dictionary entry overview: What does burdock mean? • BURDOCK (noun)
The noun BURDOCK has 1 sense:
1. any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
Familiarity information: BURDOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BURDOCK (noun)
Meaning:
Any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
burdock; clotbur
Hypernyms ("burdock" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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)
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)
Holonyms ("burdock" is a member of...):
Arctium; genus Arctium (burdock)
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