butterbur

English

A butterbur (Petasites hybridus)

Etymology

butter +‎ bur: its large leaves were once used to wrap butter.

Noun

butterbur (plural butterburs)

Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, having dense clusters of often purple flowers.
Synonyms: butterdock, sweet coltsfoot

Derived terms

Translations

herb

Arabic: أَرَام‎ m (ʔarām)
Azerbaijani: öskürəkotu
Belarusian: белакапытнік m (bjelakapytnik)
Bulgarian: чоба́нка f (čobánka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蜂斗菜属 (fēng dòu cài shǔ)
Czech: devětsil m
Danish: hestehov c
Dutch: hoefblad (nl)
Finnish: ruttojuuri (fi)
French: pétasite (fr) m
Georgian: ბუერა (buera)
German: Pestwurz (de) f
Greek: πετασίτης (petasítis)
Ancient: πετασῖτις f (petasîtis)
Irish: borrán m, gallán mór m, meacan an phobóil m
Italian: farfaraccio m, petasite m
Japanese: 苳 (ja), 蕗 (ja) (フキ, fuki)
Kashubian: kòpëtnik m
Korean: 머위 (meowi)
Lithuanian: šaukštis m
Macedonian: лопур m (lopur)
Ossetian: мӕнтӕг (mæntæg)
Polish: lepiężnik m
Russian: белокопы́тник (ru) m (belokopýtnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ло̏пӯх, ло̏пӯр

Latin: lȍpūh (sh), lȍpūr
Slovak: deväťsil m
Spanish: petasita f
Swedish: pestskråp (sv) c
Tatar: каз чәчәге (tt) (qaz çäçäge)

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