burnet
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
burnet /ˈbəːnɪt/
▶noun
- 1 a plant of the rose family, with globular pinkish flower heads and leaves composed of many small leaflets. [Genus Sanguisorba: several species.]
- 2 a day-flying moth, typically having greenish-black wings with crimson markings. [Zygaena and other genera.]
– origin ME: from OFr. brunete, burnete (denoting brown cloth or a plant with brown flowers), dimin. of brun ‘brown’.
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