Crossword clues for burnet
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Burnet \Bur"net\, n. [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.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs ( Poterium); especially, Poterium Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet.
Burnet moth (Zo["o]l.), in England, a handsome moth ( Zyg[ae]na filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings.
Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage.
Canadian burnet, a marsh plant ( Poterium Canadensis).
Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium oficinalis (or Sanguisorba oficinalis).
Wiktionary
n. (taxlink Sanguisorba minor species noshow=1), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.
WordNet
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 1813
Land area (2000): 6.831944 sq. miles (17.694652 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.831944 sq. miles (17.694652 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11464
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.758991 N, 98.226254 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 78611
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Burnet
Housing Units (2000): 15933
Land area (2000): 996.035185 sq. miles (2579.719178 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 24.928443 sq. miles (64.564368 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1020.963628 sq. miles (2644.283546 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.717671 N, 98.224509 W
Headwords:
Burnet, TX
Burnet County
Burnet County, TX
Wikipedia
Burnet may refer to:
Burnet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alastair Burnet (1928-2013), British journalist.
- Alexander Burnet (1615–1684), Scottish clergyman.
- David G. Burnet (1788–1870), president of the Republic of Texas.
- David Burnet (Quebec politician) (c. 1803–1853), businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.
- Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715), Scottish historian and Anglican bishop.
- Frank Macfarlane Burnet (1895–1985), Australian biologist.
- Guy Burnet (born 1983), English film, television and theatre actor.
- Isaac G. Burnet (1784–1856), Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Jacob Burnet (1770–1853), American jurist and statesman from Ohio.
- Jean Burnet (1920–2009), Canadian academic specializing in ethnic studies.
- John Burnet (architect) (1814–1901), Scottish architect
- John Burnet (classicist) (1863–1928), Scottish classicist.
- John Burnet (painter) (1781 or 1784–1868), Scottish engraver and painter.
- John James Burnet (1857–1938), Scottish Edwardian architect
- Lorenzo Burnet (born 1991), Dutch footballer
- Noel Burnet (1904–1953), Australian koala expert
- Robert Burnet, Lord Crimond (1592–1661), Scottish advocate and judge.
- Ronnie Burnet (1918–1999), English cricketer and last amateur captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
- Thomas Burnet (1635?-1715), theologian and writer on cosmogony
- William Burnet (1688–1729), British colonial administrator
- William Burnet (1730–1791), American physician and political leader
Usage examples of "burnet".
Out there on the golf course, with the sun shining and a soft breeze blowing, he fed them his little speeches about the emerging wonders of biotech, and the power of the cytokines manufactured by the Burnet cell line BioGen had acquired.
It was the so-called Burnet cell line, developed from a man named Frank Burnet, whose body produced powerful cancer-fighting chemicals called cytokines.
Frank Burnet was a barrel-chested man who looked younger than his fifty-one years.
At noon,Alex Burnet left her office in her Century City law firm and went home.
Check the database for storage locations and research lockers containing the Burnet line.
He went to all the storage points, and he contaminated every single culture in the Burnet cell line.
Frank Burnet conspired to destroy the cell lines in your possession, so that he could sell them again to some other company.
Sleeping inthe front seat of her car, Alex Burnet opened her eyes and saw that she was surrounded by men.
Honor, I am here representing Alexandra Burnet, who is unable to be here in person.
Alex Burnet left her office in her Century City law firm and went home.
Robert Burnet had refused to sign the Scottish Covenant, although the document was drawn up by his brother-in-law, Archibald Johnstone, Lord Warristoun.
Sharp sent for Burnet, and dismissed his advice without apparent resentment.
Scotland and the failure of the attempts at compromise in Scottish church affairs eventually led Burnet to settle in England.
Lady Margaret Burnet was dying when he left England, and n Holland he married a Dutch heiress of Scottish descent, Mary Scott.
In his pastoral letter to his clergy urging them to take the oath of allegiance, Burnet grounded the claim of William and Mary on the right of conquest, a view which gave such offence that the pamphlet was burnt by the common hangman three years later.