burnet
/ˈbɜːnɪt/noun
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- a herbaceous plant of the rose family, with globular pinkish flower heads and leaves composed of many small leaflets地榆。
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- 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）。
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- a day-flying moth that typically has greenish-black wings with crimson markings飞蛾。
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- Zygaena and other genera, family Zygaenidae.斑蛾属及其他属, 斑蛾科。
词源
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'.