See Also: Bull Ring - Motor Sports(gambling)
Oil Ring - Motor Sports(gambling)
Ring Gear - Motor Sports(gambling)
burnet(dictionary)
burnet(medicine)
Burnet, Sir (Frank) Macfarlane(encyclopedia)
Archer' s Ring, Thumb Ring - Archery(gambling)
gambling(medicine)
Gambling(law)
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Bull Ring - Motor Sports (gambling) and burnet (medicine)


Bull Ring - Motor Sports (gambling)


A General term for a short track (particularly a dirt track) where local weekly races are held.

burnet (medicine)


burnet
<botany> A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or Garden, burnet.

<zoology> Burnet moth, in England, a handsome moth (Zygaena filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings. Burnet saxifrage.

<botany> See Saxifrage. Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis). Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium (or Sanguisorba) oficinalis.

Origin: OE. Burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. Being named from its colour), fr. F. Brunet, dim. Of brun brown; cf. OF. Brunete a sort of flower. See Brunette.

Source: Websters Dictionary