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Definition of Burbank
1. Noun. United States horticulturist who developed many new varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926).
Definition of Burbank
1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹
2. Proper noun. A city in California ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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1. Famous Living Americans, with Portraits edited by Mary Griffin Webb, Edna Lenore Webb (1914)
"BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS Luther Burbank, His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical
... By Luther Burbank. PERIODICALS Burbank's Recent Experiments. ..."
2. The Potato: A Compilation of Information from Every Available Source by Eugene H. Grubb, William Sumner Guilford (1912)
"The Burbank potato is in a class by itself on the Pacific coast. In discussing
the potato situation in California, Mr. Burbank said: " I suppose the ..."
3. Plant-breeding: Being Six Lectures Upon the Amelioration of Domestic Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1912)
"Yet if there are other plant-breeders, Luther Burbank stands alone. He is a
private person, pursuing his work in his own way, and because he loves it so ..."
4. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People by John Newton Boucher, John Woolf Jordan (1908)
"The genealogical line as relates to Andrew J. Burbank is as follows: (I) John
Burbank, who came to Massachusetts prior to 1640, settling at Haverhill, ..."
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