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COMMON BURDOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common burdock mean?
• COMMON BURDOCK (noun)
The noun COMMON BURDOCK has 1 sense:
1. a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa
Familiarity information: COMMON BURDOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Arctium minus; common burdock; lesser burdock
Hypernyms ("common burdock" is a kind of...):
burdock; clotbur (any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs)
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