Burdock (Noun)
Meaning
Any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The giant burdock growing by the stream was so large that its flower stalks reached as high as my shoulders.
- A nasty burdock bur got stuck in the sock of the young boy playing outside all morning.
- During our foraging trip we harvested several large edible burdock roots from the abandoned meadow.
- Care must be taken to completely eradicate all traces of Japanese burdock when gardening as even the tiniest part left in the ground will propagate new growth.
- An opportunistic friend warned of an excessive buildup of toxic plant metabolites from continuous and/or unwarranted feeding with fresh gobo - type American burdock shoots for chicken liver formula products and alternative milk soups alike