Associations to the word «Butterbur»

Wiktionary

BUTTERBUR, noun. (botany) Any of several Eurasian herbs, of the genus Petasites, have dense clusters of often purple flowers

Dictionary definition

BUTTERBUR, noun. Small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope