burdock

/ˌbʌrˈdɑk/

/ˈbʌdɒk/

Other forms: burdocks

Definitions of burdock

1. noun

   any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
   synonyms: clotbur

   types:

   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

   type of:

   subshrub, suffrutex

   low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base