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burdock

Today it means: Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium. Full definition →

Middle English *bury dokke

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Middle English · inherited from*bury dokke
English todayburdock

From Middle English *bury dokke (attested as plural bury dokkis), equivalent to bur(ry) + dock.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.