Definition of Butterbur. Meaning of Butterbur. Synonyms of Butterbur

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Definition of Butterbur

Butterbur
Butterbur But"ter*bur`, n. (Bot.) A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter.

Meaning of Butterbur from wikipedia

- Aragorn saves him and leads the party away, after the innkeeper Barliman Butterbur delivers a letter from Gandalf which he had forgotten to deliver months...
- Petasites hybridus, also known as the butterbur, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is native to Europe and northern...
- in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, that are commonly referred to as butterburs and coltsfoots. They are perennial plants with thick, creeping underground...
- Petasites ****onicus, also known as butterbur, giant butterbur, great butterbur and sweet-coltsfoot, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae...
- Petasites albus, the white butterbur, is a flowering plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is native to central Europe and the Caucasus. Petasites...
- Petasites frigidus, the Arctic sweet coltsfoot or Arctic butterbur, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Arctic to...
- up butterbur or sweet coltsfoot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Butterbur is the common name of several plants in the genus Petasites. Butterbur may...
- including the inn's landlord Barliman Butterbur, had surnames taken from plants. Tolkien described the butterbur as "a fat thick plant", evidently chosen...
- The name is traditionally analysed as a tripartite compound of kor ("butterbur plant"), pok ("under, below"), and kur ("person") and interpreted to mean...
- spp., shrub verbenas Papaver rhoeas, common poppy Petasites hybridus, butterbur Phlox drummondii, annual phlox Potentilla sterilis, strawberryleaf cinquefoil...