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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 

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