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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common burdock is the Lappa officinalis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bourdon. ] A pilgrim's staff. [ Written also burden. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]