noun
Meaning 1
The burdock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
clotbur
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noun
Meaning 2
The cocklebur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sea burdock
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burdock
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 clote + burr. Compare clitbur.