burnet
Syllabification: (bur·net)
Pronunciation: /bərˈnet, ˈbərnit/
Definition of burnet
noun
- 1a herbaceous plant of the rose family, with globular pinkish flower heads and leaves composed of many small leaflets.
- Genus Sanguisorba, family Rosaceae: several species, including the edible salad burnet (S. minor), which is often cultivated, and the spiny shrublike thorny burnet (S. spinosum), common in the eastern Mediterranean
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a kind of dark brown woolen cloth): from Old French brunete, burnete (denoting brown cloth or a plant with brown flowers), diminutives of brun 'brown'