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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUR'DOCK, n. [bur and dock.] A genus of plants, called Arctium. They are troublesome weeds.
The lesser burdock is a species of zanthium.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs [syn: burdock, clotbur]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century any of a genus (Arctium) of coarse composite herbs bearing globular flower heads with prickly bracts

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any plant of the genus Arctium, with prickly flowers and docklike leaves. Etymology: BUR + DOCK(3)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Burdock Bur"dock, n. [Bur + dock the plant.] (Bot.) A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals. Note: The common burdock is the Lappa officinalis.