burnet | Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

Burnet
·noun A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P. Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burn...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Burnet, Gilbert
(1643-1715) Theologian and historian, s. of a Royalist and Episcopalian lawyer, who became a judge,...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Burnet, Thomas
(1635?-1715) Theologian and writer on cosmogony, was b. at Croft near Darlington, and ed. at Camb.,...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
native burnet
n. See burnet. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

burnet, native