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Definition of Burnet
1. n. A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.
Definition of Burnet
1. Noun. An herb used in salads and herbal teas. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Burnet
1. a perennial herb [n -S]
Medical Definition of Burnet
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Burnet
Literary usage of Burnet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"At the same time Gilbert burnet calls him a man of blameless private life, ...
Keith asserts that burnet wrote to Arlington and to Charles to recommend ..."
2. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1907)
"But in truth his embassy was not to the government, but to the opposition; and
his conduct was guided by private instructions which had been drawn by burnet ..."
3. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1913)
"CHAPTER VII Historical and Political Writers i burnet THE historical writers of the
... But burnet survived the accomplishment of the Hanoverian succession, ..."
4. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1853)
"While Dr burnet was a diligent instructor from the pulpit, he was not less so
from the press, having published in hie life-time fifty-eight single sermons, ..."
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