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Arctic butterbur

Arctic butterbur noun: a flowering plant native to North America, Petasites frigidus; sweet coltsfoot.

arctic butterbur: a flowering plant native to North America, Petasites frigidus; sweet coltsfoot
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Noun

Arctic butterbur (plural Arctic butterburs)

  1. A flowering plant native to North America, Petasites frigidus; sweet coltsfoot.
    • Note that although medicinal species of Petasites, including purple butterbur (Petasites hybridus) and Arctic butterbur (Petasites frigidus), are not listed in this text, these species also contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids.2013, Zoë Gardner, Michael McGuffin, American Herbal Products Association’s Botanical Safety Handbook, page 964

Forms of Arctic butterbur

pluralArctic butterburs

Questions about Arctic butterbur

What does Arctic butterbur mean?
Arctic butterbur means a flowering plant native to North America, Petasites frigidus; sweet coltsfoot.
What part of speech is Arctic butterbur?
Arctic butterbur is a noun.
What is the plural of Arctic butterbur?
The plural of Arctic butterbur is Arctic butterburs.

Words near Arctic butterbur in the dictionary

  1. arctic bear
  2. arctic bears
  3. Arctic blue
  4. Arctic blues
  5. Arctic Bridge
  6. Arctic butterbur
  7. Arctic char
  8. Arctic chars
  9. arctic circle
  10. Arctic cod
  11. Arctic cods

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