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Butterbur

noun
1.
Small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas.  Synonyms: bog rhubarb, Petasites hybridus, Petasites vulgaris.






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"Butterbur" Quotes from Famous Books



... weedy river-water blown back from the plunging leat. Oh, the joyful place of streams! River and leat and back-water here ran clear among willow-clad islands, all fringed deep with meadow-sweet and comfrey and butterbur and melilot. The sun shone overhead among big, white, racing clouds; the fish poised in mysterious pools among trailing water-weeds; and there was soon no room in my heart for anything but the joy of earth and the beauty of it. What did the weary days before and behind ...
— At Large • Arthur Christopher Benson



Words linked to "Butterbur" :   herb, genus Petasites, Petasites, Petasites vulgaris, herbaceous plant



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