- An herb used in salads and herbal teas
- (in Sir Macfarlane Burnet (Australian physician))
- The popular name of plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium (N.O. Rosaceæ), of which the Great or Common Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) is common in meadows, and the Lesser or Salad Burnet (Poterium Sanguisorba) on the Chalk. ...
- dark brown; dark woollen cloth