"butterbur" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: butterburs [plural]
Etymology: butter + bur: its large leaves were once used to wrap butter. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|butter|bur}} butter + bur Head templates: {{en-noun}} butterbur (plural butterburs)
  1. Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often purple flowers. Wikipedia link: butterbur Categories (lifeform): Senecioneae tribe plants Synonyms: butterdock, sweet coltsfoot Derived forms: Arctic butterbur, giant butterbur Translations (herb): πετασῖτις (petasîtis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), أَرَام (ʔarām) [masculine] (Arabic), öskürəkotu (Azerbaijani), белакапытнік (bjelakapytnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), чоба́нка (čobánka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 蜂斗菜属 (fēng dòu cài shǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), devětsil [masculine] (Czech), hestehov [common-gender] (Danish), hoefblad (Dutch), ruttojuuri (Finnish), pétasite [masculine] (French), ბუერა (buera) (Georgian), Pestwurz [feminine] (German), πετασίτης (petasítis) (Greek), borrán [masculine] (Irish), gallán mór [masculine] (Irish), meacan an phobóil [masculine] (Irish), farfaraccio [masculine] (Italian), petasite [masculine] (Italian), (Japanese), (fuki) (alt: フキ) (Japanese), kòpëtnik [masculine] (Kashubian), 머위 (meowi) (Korean), šaukštis [masculine] (Lithuanian), лопур (lopur) [masculine] (Macedonian), мӕнтӕг (mæntæg) (Ossetian), lepiężnik [masculine] (Polish), белокопы́тник (belokopýtnik) [masculine] (Russian), ло̏пӯх [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ло̏пӯр [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), lȍpūh [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), lȍpūr [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), deväťsil [masculine] (Slovak), petasita [feminine] (Spanish), pestskråp [common-gender] (Swedish), каз чәчәге (qaz çäçäge) (Tatar)

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