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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bur•net (bər net′, bûr′nit),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of several plants belonging to the genera Sanguisorba and Poterium, of the rose family, having pinnate leaves and dense heads of small flowers.
- Middle French burnete, variant of brunete (see brunet); so called from its hue
- Middle English 1225–75
Sir (Frank) Mac•far•lane (mək fär′lən),USA pronunciation 1899–1985, Australian physician: Nobel prize for physiology 1960.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: burnet /ˈbɜːnɪt/ n - a plant of the rosaceous genus Sanguisorba (or Poterium), such as S. minor (or P. sanguisorba) (salad burnet), which has purple-tinged green flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads
- burnet rose, Scotch rose ⇒ a very prickly Eurasian rose, Rosa pimpinellifolia, with white flowers and purplish-black fruits
- a moth of the genus Zygaena, having red-spotted dark green wings and antennae with enlarged tips: family Zygaenidae
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French burnete, variant of brunete dark brown (see brunette); so called from the colour of the flowers of some of the plants Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Burnet /bəˈnɛt; ˈbɜːnɪt/ n - Gilbert. 1643–1715, Scottish bishop and historian, who played a prominent role in the Glorious Revolution (1688–89); author of The History of My Own Times (2 vols: 1724 and 1734)
- Sir (Frank) Macfarlane (məkˈfɑːlən). 1899–1985, Australian physician and virologist, who shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1960 with P. B. Medawar for their work in immunology
- Thomas. 1635–1715, English theologian who tried to reconcile science and religion in his Sacred theory of the Earth (1680–89)
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