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Meanings of burdock in English

Portuguese
bardana
Spanish
arctium

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

        bardana
        Usage of burdock in English
        1
        She went to the burdock; Bernhard gathered her some handfuls of burs.
        Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
        2
        The trousers reminded him of the blue threads found on the burdock.
        The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
        3
        There under the window climbs the large-leaved burdock from the thick grass.
        Liza; Or, "A Nest of Nobles"
        4
        It was overgrown with chicory and burdock: it needed Brother Robert's talents.
        Shadowland
        5
        I made a burdock poultice for his hand the best I could-
        Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country
        6
        I noticed melons, cucumbers and squashes, and patches of the serviceable burdock.
        The Foundations of Japan / Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 M...
        7
        He wrapped the trout in layers of burdock leaves and cool mud.
        Outlander
        8
        Only somewhere close by, persistently a great burdock leaf flapped and whispered.
        Dream Tales and Prose Poems
        9
        The biggest leaf in the country is certainly the burdock leaf.
        Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
        10
        The trousers reminded him of the dark blue threads found on the burdock.
        The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
        11
        The patient should drink tea made of the roots of sassafras and burdock.
        Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepe...
        12
        Oddest of all is the plan followed by the common burdock.
        Science in Arcady
        13
        I planted teazles and burdock in the hope of attracting goldfinches.
        The Irish Times
        14
        The ground was hard clay with only burdock and weeds growing on it.
        32 Caliber
        15
        But don't go looking for burdock and attempting to make this drink yourself.
        The Irish Times
        16
        It is often combined with remedies, like dandelion, yellow dock, burdock.
        Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
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        Translations for burdock
        Portuguese
        bardana
        Spanish
        arctium
        Burdock through the time
        Burdock across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common