BURDOCK

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

 Context examples 

A substance found in certain plants, including burdock.

(Arctigenin, NCI Dictionary)

An herbal tea mixture that contains burdock root, Indian rhubarb root, sheep sorrel, and slippery elm bark.

(Essiac, NCI Dictionary)

Also called burdock and happy major.

(Lappa, NCI Dictionary)

An herbal formula containing burdock root (Arctium lappa), Turkey rhubarb root (Rheum palmatum), sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella), and slippery elm bark (Ulmus fulva) with potential immunostimulating, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activities.

(Essiac, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called burdock and lappa.

(Happy major, NCI Dictionary)