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A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.

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  1. n. A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.
  2. A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth (Zoöl.), in England, a handsome moth (Zygæna filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings. -- Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage. -- Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis). -- Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium (or Sanguisorba) oficinalis.
  3. A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially,P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth (Zoöl.), inEngland, a handsome moth (Zygæna filipendula), with crimson spots onthe wings.-- Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage.-- Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis).-- Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium (or Sanguisorba) oficinalis.
  4. n:100 n. A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.