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Webster 1913 Edition
Burnet
Bur′net
,Noun.
[OE.
burnet
burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet
, dim. of brun
brown; cf. OF. brunete
a sort of flower. See Brunette
.] (Bot.)
A genus of perennial herbs (
Poterium
); especially, Poterium Sanguisorba
, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth
(Zool.)
, in England, a handsome moth (
– Zygæna filipendula
), with crimson spots on the wings. Burnet saxifrage
. (Bot.)
See
– Saxifrage
. Canadian burnet
, a marsh plant (
– Poterium Canadensis
). Great burnet
, Wild burnet
Poterium oficinalis
(or Sanguisorba oficinalis
).Webster 1828 Edition
Burnet
BURN'ET
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Burnet
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See also: Burnet
English
Noun
burnet (usually uncountable, plural burnets)
- Sanguisorba minor, an herb used in salads and herbal teas.
- Any of several species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, typically having black forewings with red spots.
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2015, Norman Maclean, A Less Green and Pleasant Land, p. 223:
- 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.
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2015, Norman Maclean, A Less Green and Pleasant Land, p. 223:
Synonyms
- (herb): salad burnet
Translations
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