common burdock

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common burdock - a plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa

Arctium minus, lesser burdock

burdock, clotbur - any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs

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Their job was to chow down on Canada thistle, leafy spurge, common tansy, common burdock, yellow toadflax and dandelions, while under the watch of a skilled shepherd and several herding horses and dogs.

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Another two items we labored over were common burdock roots and the roots of Canada thistle.