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butterbur

noun

Etymology

From butter + bur: its large leaves were once used to wrap butter.

  1. borrowed from Búr
  2. borrowed from Bur — “peasant, farmer”
  3. borrowed from Bur — “peasant, farmer”
  4. borrowed from Bur
  5. compounded as butterbur — “butter + bur”

Definitions

  1. Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often…

    Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often purple flowers.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA