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Burnet

ˈbərnɪt
Small burnet (Sanguisorba minor) and large snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), numbered 13 and 14.
Small burnet (Sanguisorba minor) and large snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus), numbered 13 and 14.
Illustrations
Small burnet and large snapdragon. Figs. 13 and 14 on a sheet hand numbered 8. In: Anselmi Boëtii de Boot IC Brugensis & Rodolphi II. Imp. Novel. medici a cubiculis Florum, Herbarum, ac fructuum selectiorum icones, & vires pleraeque hactenus ignotæ. Part of the album with sheets and plates from De Boodt's herbarium of 1640. The twelfth of twelve albums with watercolors of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II.
Small burnet and large snapdragon. Figs. 13 and 14 on a sheet hand numbered 8. In: Anselmi Boëtii de Boot IC Brugensis & Rodolphi II. Imp. Novel. medici a cubiculis Florum, Herbarum, ac fructuum selectiorum icones, & vires pleraeque hactenus ignotæ. Part of the album with sheets and plates from De Boodt's herbarium of 1640. The twelfth of twelve albums with watercolors of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Burnet
    (Bot) A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, Poterium Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. burnet
    Brownish.
  2. (n) burnet
    Cloth dyed of a brown color.
  3. (n) burnet
    The pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis.
  4. (n) burnet
    The common name of species of Poterium, an herbaceous genus of the natural order Rosaceæ. The common or garden burnet is Poterium Sanguisorba, also called salad-burnet. The great burnet is P. officinale.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Burnet
    bur′net the English name of two closely united genera of Rosaceæ—the Great Burnet common in meadows all over Europe; the Common Burnet growing on chalky soils, its slightly astringent leaves used in salads or soups, also as an ingredient in 'cool tankard.'
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. burnet, burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim. of brun, brown; cf. OF. brunete, a sort of flower. See Brunette

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary From its brown flowers.

Usage in the news

We knew the cafe was related to the upscale Gentile 's restaurant on Burnet Avenue, acclaimed for the creative cuisine of chef/owner Kevin Gentile . blog.syracuse.com

The Burnet Water Dawgs hosted their first meet of the season on Friday with their annual Steve Ham Hoot-N- Holler meet. burnetbulletin.com

"What a fantastic meet," said Burnet swim coach Nancy Moore. burnetbulletin.com

The 28-year-old man killed in a Buffalo Lake grain elevator accident Saturday has been identified as Andrew Burnet of New Ulm. mankatofreepress.com

A 46-year-old Leander woman was arrested Tuesday after the Burnet County Special Operations Unit (SOU) K-9 officer found methamphetamine in her vehicle during a traffice stop. burnetbulletin.com

The Texas drought shows no signs of letting up one local business is raising money to help Burnet-area fire departments. burnetbulletin.com

Cannerelli / The Post-Standard Shifty 's on Burnet Ave in Syracuse is one of the eight finalists in the Best of Chicken Wing Showdown. blog.syracuse.com

St Louis Catholic Church Chapel, 7601 Burnet Rd. austinchronicle.com

Guy Burnet and Chad Kimball in "Murder in the First". variety.com

Police create new account for tips on Ian Burnet. tvr.com

David Lassman / The Post-Standard Author Paul Kocak at the ballfields in Burnet Park, Syracuse. blog.syracuse.com

Voters in Cottonwood Shores Saturday night approved continuing a crime control district by 23-8, according to unofficial election results provided by the Burnet County elections office. llanobuzz.com

Due to an error on King Feature's Weekly Service, the incorrect puzzle grid was published in Wednesday's Burnet Bulletin and Llano County Journal. llanobuzz.com

St Rt 18Cincinnati 3026 Burnet Ave. lwt.com

Jordan Shipley, Burnet (Burnet, Texas), 2000-03 5,365. espn.go.com

Usage in scientific papers

Burnet, Richard, C., Blecha, A., and Bratschi, P. (1995).
A selection of papers with some relevance to the investigation of the Sun-Climate link: Papers on Data, Methods and Commentary

An attempt to apply such a methodology to astrophysics was proposed by Fraix-Burnet et al (2003).
First phylogenetic analyses of galaxy evolution

Some basics of astrocladistics The detailed presentation of astrocladistics with its formalism, concepts and tools, is done in Fraix-Burnet et al (2004b, 2004c).
First phylogenetic analyses of galaxy evolution

We have identified five such formation processes (Fraix-Burnet et al 2004 c): assembling, secular evolution, interaction, accretion-merging, ejection-sweeping.
First phylogenetic analyses of galaxy evolution

Analyses of two samples of simulated galaxies In order to illustrate the validity of our approach and to better understand the application of cladistics to astrophysics, two samples of simulated galaxies have been analysed (Fraix-Burnet et al 2004b, 2004c).
First phylogenetic analyses of galaxy evolution

Usage in literature

The signs of their old enemies, the Comanches, to which Captain Shirril referred, had been noticed by his men, including young Avon Burnet. "The Great Cattle Trail" by Edward S. Ellis

The western edge is the sheer bank of Burnet's Creek. "The Land of the Miamis" by Elmore Barce

Burnet's Life of Hale. "How to Form a Library, 2nd ed" by H. B. Wheatley

She had an idea that Susan Burnet might prove suggestive about the Hostels. "The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman" by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Now Burnet's father was almost a contemporary of the Gowrie affair. "James VI and the Gowrie Mystery" by Andrew Lang

BURNET, his book against Varillas, i. "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)" by Isaac Disraeli

Riggs, Miss Anthony was the guest of the Burnet House with a fine suite of apartments. "The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2)" by Ida Husted Harper

Burnet, E. (of the Pasteur Institute, France). "The Forerunners" by Romain Rolland

My grandfather and the Duke were playfellows; and the Duke's tutor was Dr. Burnet. "Notes and Queries, Number 237, May 13, 1854" by Various

His eloquence was greatly admired by Evelyn and Pepys, though Burnet criticises it as too copious. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4" by Various

Usage in poetry
"What Fenton will not do, nor Gay,
Nor Congreve, Rowe, nor Stanyan,
Tom Burnet or Tom D'Urfey may,
John Dunton, Steele, or any one.
There the good wife doth return it,
Grumbling, as she shows the dish,
Chervil, basil, chives, and burnet
Feed, instead of seasoning, fish.
Well, we struck the Murrumbidgee near the Yanko in a week,
And passed through old Narrandera and crossed the Burnet Creek.
And we never stopped at Wagga, for we'd Sydney in our eye.
But we camped at Lazy Harry's, on the road to Gundagai.