Bur·net n. Bot. A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, Poterium Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.
Burnet moth Zool., 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 oficinalis (or Sanguisorba oficinalis).
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