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burnet

/ˈbɚnɪt/

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What does burnet mean?

noun

  1. Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.
  2. Any of several species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, typically having black forewings with red spots.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. A city, the county seat of Burnet County, Texas, United States.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbɚnɪt/

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I said, Burnet had treated him severely; that is, I chose that Burnet should say so, rather than myself.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
Whiston and Burnet, so devoted to what they considered sacred science, had determined that in some way comets must be instruments of Divine wrath.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
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Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by JOHN BURNET, M.A. Cheaper issue.
Ernest Albert SavageOld English libraries : $b the making, collection, and use of books during the Middle AgesProject Gutenberg ebook #1615
The only vegetation, that was met with, was a coarse strong-bladed grass, growing in tufts, wild burnet, and a plant like moss, which sprang from the rocks.
Andrew KippisNarrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook With an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening PeriodsProject Gutenberg ebook #7777
He rode to the scaffold in his own carriage, attended by two famous clergymen, Tillotson and Burnet, and sang a psalm to himself very softly, as he went along.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699