Burnet

'Burnet' in Webster

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Bur"net   (&?;), n. [OE.
burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim. of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See Brunette.]
 (Bot.)
A genus of perennial herbs
(Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.
Burnet moth
(Zoöl.), in England,
a handsome moth (Zyg&aelig;na filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings. -- Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.)
See Saxifrage. -- Canadian burnet, a marsh plant
(Poterium Canadensis). -- Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium (or
Sanguisorba) oficinalis.

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