burnet

burnet
[ˈbə:nɪt]
noun
  1. a herbaceous plant of the rose family, with globular pinkish flower heads and leaves composed of many small leaflets
    地榆
  2. Genus Sanguisorba, family Rosaceae: several species, including the edible salad burnet (S. minor), and the spiny shrub-like thorny burnet (S. spinosum) of the eastern Mediterranean
    地榆属,蔷薇科:数种,包括可食用的小地榆(拉丁名S. minor),及地中海东部地区的刺地榆(拉丁名S. spinosum)
  3. a day-flying moth that typically has greenish-black wings with crimson markings
    飞蛾
  4. Zygaena and other genera, family Zygaenidae
    斑蛾属及其他属,斑蛾科
语源
  1. Middle English (denoting a kind of dark brown woollen cloth): from Old French brunete, burnete (denoting brown cloth or a plant with brown flowers), diminutives of brun 'brown'
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