Macfarlane burnet

[ber-net, bur-nit] /bərˈnɛt, ˈbɜr nɪt/

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Sir (Frank) Macfarlane
[muh k-fahr-luh n] /məkˈfɑr lən/ (Show IPA), 1899–1985, Australian physician: Nobel Prize in Physiology 1960.
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1.
a plant of the rosaceous genus Sanguisorba (or Poterium), such as S. minor (or P. sanguisorba) (salad burnet), which has purple-tinged green flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads
2.
burnet rose, Scotch rose, a very prickly Eurasian rose, Rosa pimpinellifolia, with white flowers and purplish-black fruits
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burnet saxifrage, a Eurasian umbelliferous plant of the genus Pimpinella, having umbrella-like clusters of white or pink flowers
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a moth of the genus Zygaena, having red-spotted dark green wings and antennae with enlarged tips: family Zygaenidae
/bəˈnɛt; ˈbɜːnɪt/
noun
1.
Gilbert. 1643–1715, Scottish bishop and historian, who played a prominent role in the Glorious Revolution (1688–89); author of The History of My Own Times (2 vols: 1724 and 1734)
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Sir (Frank) Macfarlane (məkˈfɑːlən). 1899–1985, Australian physician and virologist, who shared a Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1960 with P. B. Medawar for their work in immunology
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Thomas. 1635–1715, English theologian who tried to reconcile science and religion in his Sacred theory of the Earth (1680–89)

Burnet Bur·net (bər-nět’, bûr’nĭt), Sir (Frank) Macfarlane. 1899-1985.

Australian virologist. He shared a 1960 Nobel Prize for his work on acquired immunological tolerance.