burdock
nounUK /ˈbɜːdɒk/ · US /ˈbɝːdɑːk/
Etymology From Middle English *bury dokke (attested as plural bury dokkis), equivalent to bur(ry) + dock.
1
Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
- Your love is like a studded leather headlock Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock And those other girls are just post-mix lemonade2011, Alex Turner, “Suck It And See”, in Suck It And See, performed by Arctic Monkeys:
- Synonyms
- gobo
- Derived terms
- common burdock, dandelion and burdock, edible burdock, great burdock, greater burdock, lesser burdock, sea burdock