Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A perennial plant of the genus Sanguisorba, having pinnately compound leaves and apetalous flowers. The young leaves are sometimes added to salads as a garnish.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Brownish.
- n. Cloth dyed of a brown color.
- n. The pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis.
- n. The common name of species of Poterium, an herbaceous genus of the natural order Rosaceæ. The common or garden burnet is Poterium Sanguisorba, also called
salad-burnet . The great burnet is P. officinale.
Wiktionary
- n. An herb used in salads and herbal teas.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, Poterium Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.
Etymologies
- Old French brunet and brunete (small brown) (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Medieval Latin burneta, from Old French brunete, dark brown, diminutive of brun, brown, of Germanic origin; see bher-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A small bird called a burnet made friends with him and lived in his cell, ate from his fingers and his trencher, and only left him at the breeding season, after which it brought its fledged family back with it.”
Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England
“VIOLA _palustris_, the STATICE _armeria_, or sea pink, a kind of burnet, the RANUNCULUS _lapponicus_, the HOLCUS _odoratus_, the common celery, with the ARABIS _heterophylla_.”
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14
“Last week I saw burnet roses in the dunes of Northumberland: low scrubby sticks scythed by North Sea winds blooming with constellations of white flowers.”
“Gatherings of flies on the tall, white plate flowers of hogweed; burnet moths swinging on the yellow, sweetly scented lady's bedstraw; soldier beetles copulating wildly on their grass stems: these creatures were drawn to plants as places, to be inhabited by animal passions.”
“Wet-kneed, we walked by pastures filled with the white froth of meadowsweet and river-bank flora of lady's bedstraw, betony, devil's bit scabious, greater burnet and eyebright, kneeling several times to store memories of the scent of the last of the fragrant orchids.”
“Heavy doses of nitrogen fertiliser will tip the competitive balance in favour of grasses, and soon purple wood crane's bill, blood-red greater burnet, frothy white pignut and meadowsweet, yellow lady's bedstraw, globe flower and blue speedwells will vanish, leaving an "improved" pasture – more productive, more profitable, but oh-so dull.”
The Guardian: Make hay meadow photos while the sun shines | Phil Gates
“Suddenly, there in the viewfinder, was a six-spot burnet moth on the orchid blossoms.”
“The burnet moths, without the competitive fuss between elite athletes and panting also-rans, just seemed beautifully better at it.”
“The motivation for the burnet moths seemed powerfully erotic.”
“The space below knee-height was full of burnet moths.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘burnet’.
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phrontistery - b
List of words from phrontistery.info
babeldom, baccate, bacchanal, bacciferous, bacciform, baccivorous, bacillicide, backstay, bactericide, baculiform, baculine, baculum and 582 more...
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Herbs: How Fragrant, How Delicious
Delicious scents in an edible nibble.
zedoary, zahtar, yarrow, wormwood, wasabi, verbena, valerian, thyme, Thai basil, tarragon, sweet basil, sorrel and 59 more...
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Colors
Words for colors, including things so associated with a color that they can be used in reference to a color.
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, purple, navy, lavender, turquoise, chartreuse and 218 more...
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play words
words for a play
pert, vicissitude, melancholy, vexation, gaud, attestation, renunciation, wax, wrought, sunder, antipodes, reckoning and 236 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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wordrainbow
A big list of color names for use on wordrainbow.com
emerald, cherry, coffee, cream, almond, gold, kiwi, green, grass green, aquamarine, beet red, sepia and 714 more...
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Uncommon Color Names
Tyrian, aubergine, vermillion, gentian blue, chartreuse, cerulean, carmine, gamboge, cinnabar, feldgrau, malachite, periwinkle and 41 more...
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Colors Categorized: Browns
Exactly what it says on the tin
brown, tan, umber, burnt umber, mocha, chocolate, coffee, mahogany, nut-brown, sandy, dirt, sepia and 18 more...
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