burdock
burdock Oil-yielding weed found throughout Europe, North Africa and North America. It has large basal leaves and thistle-like purple flower heads covered by stiff, hooked bracts. Common burdock, Arctium pubens, is biennial and grows to 0.9m (3ft). Family Asteraceae/Compositae.
burdock
bur·dock / ˈbərdäk/ • n. a large herbaceous plant (genus Arctium) of the daisy family. The hook-bearing flowers become woody burrs after fertilization and cling to animals' coats for seed dispersal.
burdock
burdock Wild thistle‐like plant (Arctium lappa); leaves used in salads, and to flavour a traditional carbonated beverage (dandelion and burdock); called gobo in Japan.
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