burdock

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːdɒk/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝːdɑːk/

Noun

burdock (plural burdocks)

1. Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.
   • 2011, Alex Turner, “Suck It And See”, in Suck It And See, performed by Arctic Monkeys:

     Your love is like a studded leather headlock
     Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain
     You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock
     And those other girls are just post-mix lemonade

Synonyms

• gobo

Derived terms

• common burdock (Arctium minus)
• dandelion and burdock
• edible burdock (Arctium lappa)
• great burdock, greater burdock (Arctium lappa)
• lesser burdock (Arctium minus)
• sea burdock (Xanthium echintum)

Translations

any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium

Armenian: կռատուկ (hy) (kṙatuk), կոծոծ (hy) (kococ) Aromanian: brushtir n Bulgarian: репей m (repej) Catalan: repalassa f Chechen: баӏ (baˀ) Chinese: Cantonese: 牛蒡 (ngau4 bong2) Mandarin: 牛蒡 (zh) (niúbàng) Czech: lopuch (cs) m Danish: burre Dutch: klit (nl) Esperanto: lapo Estonian: takjas (et) Finnish: takiainen (fi) French: bardane (fr) Galician: lampaza f, labaza (gl) f, carrapizo m German: Klette (de) f Greek: πλατομαντήλα f (platomantíla), κολλητσίδα (el) f (kollitsída) Ancient: ἄρκιον n (árkion) Hungarian: bojtorján (hu) Ingrian: takkiain Irish: copóg thuathail f, leadán liosta m Italian: bardana (it) f, lappa (it) f Japanese: 牛蒡 (ja) (ごぼう, gobō) Korean: 우엉 (ueong) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: girnij (ku) Latgalian: dodzs Latin: lappa f Latvian: dadzis Lithuanian: varnalėša (lt) Luxembourgish: Klett f Macedonian: чи́чок m (číčok) Mari: Eastern Mari: коршаҥге (koršaŋge) Old Czech: hřěpík m Old English: ēawyrt f Persian: باباآدم (fa) (bâbâdam) Polish: łopian (pl) m, łopuch (pl) m Portuguese: bardana (pt) Romanian: brusture (ro) Romansch: brager m Russian: лопу́х (ru) m (lopúx), репе́й (ru) m (repéj), репе́йник (ru) m (repéjnik) Scottish Gaelic: seircean m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: чи́чак m, рѐпух m, ло̀пӯх m Roman: číčak (sh) m, rèpuh (sh) m, lòpūh (sh) m Southern Altai: уак (uak) Spanish: bardana (es), cachurrea, cadillo, lampazo (es), lapaizo, pegadillo, pegote Swedish: kardborre (sv) c Turkish: dulavratotu (tr), dulavratot Ukrainian: лопу́х m (lopúx), реп'ях m (repʺjax) Vietnamese: ngưu bàng Welsh: cyngaf m, cedowrach m

References

• burdock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arctium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Arctium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons