Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

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    лопу́хlopúx, репе́йrepéj, репе́йникrepéjnik

    лопу́хlopúx, реп'яхrepʺjax

More definitions
  • any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I ate a greater burdock tempura.

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  2. I ate a burdock root tempura.

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  3. My child cannot say "Kinpira style sauteed great burdock", he always says "Kinpira style sauteed Dockbur" instead.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium:
Русский
By meaning 1
any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium:

Origin

From Middle English *bury dokke (attested as plural bury dokkis), equivalent to bur(ry) +

From Middle English *bury dokke (attested as plural bury dokkis), equivalent to bur(ry) + dock.

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Forms

plural: burdocks
Singularburdock
Pluralburdocks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs:clotbur

Word family

1 related words

See also

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