noun
burdock
Burdock (noun) means a prickly plant in the genus Arctium that flowers every two years.
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A prickly plant in the genus Arctium that flowers every two years.
"Your love is like a studded leather headlock Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock And those other girls are just post-mix lemonade"
— Alex Turner, Suck It And See (2011)
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Etymology
It comes from Middle English *bury dokke (attested in the plural as bury dokkis), equivalent to bur(ry) plus dock.
Synonyms
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clotbur
Rhymes for burdock
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What is the meaning of burdock?
"burdock" (noun) means a prickly plant in the genus Arctium that flowers every two years.
What is another word for burdock?
Other words for "burdock" include clotbur.
