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CLOTBUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
Synonyms:
burdock; clotbur
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("clotbur" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clotbur"):
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)
Holonyms ("clotbur" is a member of...):
Arctium; genus Arctium (burdock)
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