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burnet 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/bərˈnet/,/ˈbərnit/,
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burnets, plural;
  1. A herbaceous plant of the rose family, with globular pinkish flowerheads and leaves composed of many small leaflets

  2. A day-flying moth that typically has greenish-black wings marked with crimson spots


  1. An herb used in salads and herbal teas
  2. (in  Sir Macfarlane Burnet (Australian physician))
  3. 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. ...
  4. dark brown; dark woollen cloth