burdock

English

Burdock

Etymology

From Middle English *bury dokke (attested as plural bury dokkis), equivalent to bur(ry) +‎ dock.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːdɒk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝːdɑːk/

Noun

burdock (plural burdocks)

1. Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

Synonyms

• gobo

Derived terms

• common burdock (Arctium minus)
• dandelion and burdock
• edible burdock (Arctium lappa)
• great burdock, greater burdock (Arctium lappa)
• lesser burdock (Arctium minus)
• sea burdock (Xanthium echintum)

Translations

any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium

• Armenian: կռատուկ (hy) (kṙatuk), կոծոծ (hy) (kococ)
• Aromanian: brushtir n
• Bulgarian: репей m (repej)
• Catalan: repalassa f
• Chechen: баӏ (baˀ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牛蒡 (ngau⁴ bong²)

  Mandarin: 牛蒡 (zh) (niúbàng)

• Czech: lopuch (cs) m
• Danish: burre
• Dutch: klit (nl)
• Esperanto: lapo
• Estonian: takjas (et)
• Finnish: takiainen (fi)
• French: bardane (fr)
• Galician: lampaza f, labaza (gl) f
• German: Klette (de) f
• Greek: πλατομαντήλα f (platomantíla), κολλητσίδα (el) f (kollitsída)

  Ancient: ἄρκιον n (árkion)

• Hungarian: bojtorján (hu)
• Ingrian: takkiain
• Irish: copóg thuathail f, leadán liosta m
• Italian: bardana (it) f, lappa (it) f
• Japanese: 牛蒡 (ja) (ごぼう, gobō)
• Korean: 우엉 (ueong)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: girnij (ku)

• Latgalian: dodzs
• Latin: lappa f
• Latvian: dadzis
• Lithuanian: varnalėša (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Klett f
• Macedonian: чи́чок m (číčok)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: коршаҥге (koršaŋge)

• Old English: ēawyrt f
• Persian: باباآدم (fa) (bâbâdam)
• Polish: łopian (pl) m, łopuch (pl) m
• Portuguese: bardana (pt)
• Romanian: brusture (ro)
• Romansch: brager m
• Russian: лопу́х (ru) m (lopúx), репе́й (ru) m (repéj), репе́йник (ru) m (repéjnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: seircean m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чи́чак m, рѐпух m, ло̀пӯх m

  Roman: číčak (sh) m, rèpuh (sh) m, lòpūh (sh) m

• Southern Altai: уак (uak)
• Spanish: bardana (es), cachurrea, cadillo, lampazo (es), lapaizo, pegadillo, pegote
• Swedish: kardborre (sv) c
• Turkish: dulavratotu (tr), dulavratot
• Ukrainian: лопу́х m (lopúx), реп'ях m (repʺjax)
• Vietnamese: ngưu bàng
• Welsh: cyngaf m, cedowrach m

References

• burdock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arctium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Arctium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons