noun. Any of several perennial plants of the genus Sanguisorba of the rose family, some species of which have edible leaves used in salads or sauces.

Brownish.

noun. Cloth dyed of a brown color.

noun. The pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis.

noun. The common name of species of Poterium, an herbaceous genus of the natural order Rosaceæ.

noun. A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, Poterium Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.

noun. in England, a handsome moth (Zygæna filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings.

noun. See Saxifrage.

noun. a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis).

noun. Poterium oficinalis (or Sanguisorba oficinalis).

noun. undefined

noun. An herb used in salads and herbal teas.

"A small bird called a burnet made friends with him and lived in his cell, ate from his fingers and his trencher, and only left him at the breeding season, after which it brought its fledged family back with it."