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1.
clōte
n.
19 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The common burdock (Arctium lappa),
the more clote
; also, any of several similar plants, including
the smale clote
(Arctium minus); (b)
clote lef
.
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2.
clēte
n.
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Burdock; esp., the common burdock (Arctium lappa); (b) in place names [see Smith
PNElem.
1. 97].
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