Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, pertaining to or resembling a bur.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.
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- adjective botany Resembling the
capitulum ofburdock ; covered with forked points.
Etymologies
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Latin lappaceus burlike, from lappa a bur.
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