burnet

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English burnet, from Old French brunet, brunete (“brunette”). Doublet of brunette. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɜːnɪt/, /ˈbɜːnət/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɚnɪt/, /ˈbɚnət/ === Noun === burnet (usually uncountable, plural burnets) Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas. Any of several species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, typically having black forewings with red spots. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “burnet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “burnet”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Sanguisorba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Sanguisorba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Sanguisorba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === Brunet, Butner, beturn, brunet, bunter == Middle English == === Alternative forms === bornet, brunet, burnett, burnete, bornete === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French brunet, brunete (“brunette”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈburnɛt/, /burˈnɛːt/ === Noun === burnet (uncountable) Brown woolen fabric. Burnet (Sanguisorba spp.) or a similar plant. ==== Descendants ==== English: burnet Scots: burnet ==== References ==== “burnē̆t, n.(1) & adj..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “burnē̆t, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Adjective === burnet brown (used of linen) ==== References ==== “burnē̆t, n.(1) & adj..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “burnē̆t, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.