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Arctium

noun

burdock

• Syn: ↑genus Arctium

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms: ↑burdock, ↑clotbur

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\\ˈärkshēəm, -ktēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek arktion, a plant, probably from arktos bear

: a genus of Old World coarse biennial herbs (family Compositae) distinguished by the bristly receptacle of the flower heads and by the hooked involucral bracts — see burdock

Useful english dictionary. 2012.