burdock

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In its full development the burdock is almost a shrub rather than a plant, with a woody stem an inch or more in diameter Up in the fir trees the nests of the pigeons are sometimes so big that it appears as if they must use the same year after year, adding fresh twigs, else they could hardly attain such bulk.

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  1. noun Any of several weedy, chiefly biennial plants of the genus Arctium in the composite family, having pink or purplish flower heads surrounded by prickly bracts and forming a bur in fruit.

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  • Pine balsam, tea leaves, lettuce, lemongrass, burdock, and ten six-packs of Dr. Pepper Does it work Of course it works! —  FSF,July2008
  • Journerdism News media APIs: more on mashups | Fleet Street 2.0 | Press Gazette paulbradshaw: If Slandr had a retweet feature it would be even better. paulbradshaw: Dandelion & burdock is the official soft drink of GB Rugby League. —  Online Journalism Blog
  • It is generally understood that everything that passes through our body, passes through the liver, so to help your liver, you should take things like dandelion, milk thistle, burdock, and tumeric. —  San Francisco Bay Guardian: Top Stories
  • A sly old cat who had hidden under a burdock which grew beside the gate, suddenly sprang up, and seized my dear mother with her sharp claws Illustration My mother was a very wise bird: so, instead of struggling to get away, she remained so quiet, that Mrs. Pussy soon thought she must be dead. —  The Nursery, May 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People
  • Here were added to the pile the long string beans, doubtless to roast in the pod for an afternoon's amusement and repast, kabocha or squashes, large stalks of daikon (radish) two feet in length, go[u]bo[u] or burdock, and a huge watermelon. —  Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2
 

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