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BURDOCK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs

Synonyms:

burdock; clotbur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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