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Word entry · 6 letters

burnet

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"Salad herb"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɜːnɪt/Sorted benrtuStarts with BEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn.

  2. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.

Word origin

From Middle English burnet, from Old French brunet, brunete (“brunette”). Doublet of brunette.

Used in a sentence

  • ASPARAGUS, cauliflowers, imperial Sileſia, royal and cabbage lettuces, burnet, purſlain, cucumbers, naſturtian flowers, peaſe and beans ſown in October, artichokes, ſcarlet ſtrawberries, and kidney beans.
  • There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies.

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