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burdock

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈbɜːdɒk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈbɝːdɑːk/

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clotbur

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: subshrub, suffrutex

Narrower terms: common burdock, lesser burdock, Arctium minus, great burdock, greater burdock, cocklebur, Arctium lappa

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: уак (uak) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Armenian: կռատուկ (kṙatuk) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Armenian: կոծոծ (kococ) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Aromanian: brushtir — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Bulgarian: репей (repej) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Catalan: repalassa — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Chechen: баӏ (baˀ) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Chinese Cantonese: 牛蒡 (ngau4 bong2) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牛蒡 (niúbàng) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Czech: lopuch — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Old Czech: hřěpík — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Danish: burre — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Dutch: klit — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Esperanto: lapo — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Estonian: takjas — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Finnish: takiainen — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • French: bardane — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Galician: lampaza — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Galician: labaza — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Galician: carrapizo — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • German: Klette — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Greek: πλατομαντήλα (platomantíla) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Greek: κολλητσίδα (kollitsída) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Ancient Greek: ἄρκιον (árkion) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Hungarian: bojtorján — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Ingrian: takkiain — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Irish: copóg thuathail — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Irish: leadán liosta — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Italian: bardana — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Italian: lappa — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Japanese: 牛蒡 (gobō) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Kazakh: иттікен (ittıken) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Kazakh: түйежапырақ (tüiejapyraq) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Kazakh: шоңайна (şoñaina) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Korean: 우엉 (ueong) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Northern Kurdish: girnij — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Latgalian: dodzs — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Latin: lappa — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Latvian: dadzis — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Lithuanian: varnalėša — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Luxembourgish: Klett — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Macedonian: чи́чок (číčok) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Eastern Mari: коршаҥге (koršaŋge) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Old English: ēawyrt — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Persian: باباآدم (bâbâdam) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Polish: łopian — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Polish: łopuch — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Portuguese: bardana — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Romanian: brusture — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Romansh: brager — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Russian: лопу́х (lopúx) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Russian: репе́й (repéj) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Russian: репе́йник (repéjnik) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Scottish Gaelic: seircean — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Serbo-Croatian: чи́чак — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Serbo-Croatian: рѐпух — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Serbo-Croatian: ло̀пӯх — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Serbo-Croatian: číčak — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Serbo-Croatian: rèpuh — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Serbo-Croatian: lòpūh — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Spanish: bardana — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Spanish: cachurrea — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Spanish: cadillo — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Spanish: lampazo — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Spanish: lapaizo — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Spanish: pegadillo — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Spanish: pegote — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Swedish: kardborre — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Turkish: dulavratotu — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Turkish: dulavratot — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Ukrainian: лопу́х (lopúx) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Ukrainian: реп'ях (repʺjax) — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Vietnamese: ngưu bàng — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Welsh: cyngaf — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium
  • Welsh: cedowrach — any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium