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greater burdock
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  greater burdock - burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary useArctium lappa, great burdock, cockleburburdock, clotbur - any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs |
EncyclopediaSeearctium lappagreater burdock
greater burdockA biennial thistle, Arctium lappa, cultivated for its edible root, and promoted as a treatment for arthritis, constipation, diabetes, fluid retention, and hair loss. The plant has shown no effectiveness as an herbal remedy. See also: burdockgreater burdock
Related to greater burdock: great burdockSynonyms for greater burdocknoun burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia MinorSynonyms- Arctium lappa
- great burdock
- cocklebur
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