ARCTIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arctium mean? 

• ARCTIUM (noun)
  The noun ARCTIUM has 1 sense:

1. burdock

  Familiarity information: ARCTIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCTIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Burdock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arctium; genus Arctium

Hypernyms ("Arctium" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Arctium"):

burdock; clotbur (any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs)

Holonyms ("Arctium" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)

 Context examples 

An herbal formula containing burdock root (Arctium lappa), Turkey rhubarb root (Rheum palmatum), sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella), and slippery elm bark (Ulmus fulva) with potential immunostimulating, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor activities.

(Essiac, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientific name is Arctium lappa.

(Arctium lappa, NCI Dictionary)