Lappa

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Burdock \Bur"dock\, n. [Bur + dock the plant.] (Bot.)
     A genus of coarse biennial herbs ({Lappa}), bearing small
     burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or
     wool of animals.
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     Note: The common burdock is the {Lappa officinalis}.
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