n. 牛蒡

[医] 牛蒡[根]

[ noun ]
any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
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Burdock \Bur"dock\, 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.

Note: The common burdock is the {Lappa officinalis}.