burnet

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UK/ˈbɜːnɪt/UK/ˈbɜːnət/US/ˈbɚnɪt/US/ˈbɚnət/

noun

Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.

OriginMiddle English burnet ← Old French brunet →
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Meanings

burnet1

nounburnet (usually uncountable, plural burnets)

plural burnets

  1. uncountableusuallyAny of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.

    ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.

    1767, A Lady [Hannah Glasse], The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Eaſy […] , page 326
  2. uncountableusuallyAny of several species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, typically having black forewings with red spots.

    There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies.

    2015, Norman Maclean, A Less Green and Pleasant Land, page 223

Burnet2

proper nounBurnet (countable and uncountable, plural Burnets)

plural Burnets

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Burnet County, Texas, United States.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchbrunet
  2. Middle Englishburnet
  3. Englishburnet

From Middle English burnet, from Old French brunet, brunete (“brunette”). Doublet of brunette.

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Translations

Bulgarian динка, разваленка
  • динка (dinka)herb
  • разваленка (razvalenka)herb
Finnish luppio
  • luppioherb
French pimprenelle
  • pimprenelleherb
Italian pimpinella, salvastrella
  • pimpinellaherb
  • salvastrellaherb
  • meloncelloherb
Japanese 吾木香, 吾亦紅
  • 吾木香herb
  • 吾亦紅 (waremokō)herb
Polish krwiściąg
  • krwiściągherb
Russian кровохлёбка
  • кровохлёбка (krovoxljóbka)herb

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

burnet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnet

MLA

“burnet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burnet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnet.

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