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clot-bur|ˈklɒtbɜː(r)|
Also clote-, clott-.
[f. clote n. + bur; the vowel shortened before two consonants, as in bonfire.]
The Burdock or ‘great clote’, Arctium Lappa. † lesser clot-bur (obs.), the Bur-weed, Xanthium Strumarium.
1548Turner Names of Herbes (1881) 81 Xanthium is called in english Dichebur or Clotbur. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. viii. 14 There be two sortes of Clotte Burres in this Countrey; the one is the great Burre, and the other y⊇ lesser Burre. Ibid. i. viii. 15 The lesser Clote Burre is called..in English Diche Burre and lowse Burre. Ibid. iii. x. 328 Great broade leaves..lyke to the leaves of Clot Burre. 1601Holland Pliny II. 227 The great Clot-bur, called in Greek Arcion. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health Improv. (1746) 313 Bur-Roots (I mean of the Clot-bur)..eaten like a young green Artichoke with Pepper and Salt. 1737Ozell Rabelais ii. xvi. II. 124 Clotburs..which he cast upon the gowns and caps of honest people. 1776Withering Brit. Pl. (1796) II. 184 Burdock, Common Burr, Clott-burr, Hurr-burr. |