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Definition of burdock noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

burdock

noun
 
/ˈbɜːdɒk/
 
/ˈbɜːrdɑːk/
[uncountable]
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  1. a plant with flowers that become prickly and stick to passing animalsTopics Plants and treesc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from burr + dock in the sense ‘wild plant’.
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