Burnet may refer to:
Life forms
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Burnet moth
The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera. The majority of zygaenids are tropical, but they are nevertheless quite well represented in temperate regions. Some of the 1000 or so species are commonly known as burnet or forester moths, oft ...
, the Zygaenidae family of diurnal moths
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Six-spot burnet
The six-spot burnet (''Zygaena filipendulae'') is a day-flying moth of the family Zygaenidae.
Subspecies
*''Z. f. altapyrenaica'' Le Charles, 1950
*''Z. f. arctica'' Schneider, 1880
*''Z. f. balcanirosea'' Holik, 1943
*''Z. f. campaniae'' Re ...
(''Z. filipendulae''), a red-spotted species endemic to Europe and Anatolia
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Burnet (plant)
''Sanguisorba'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The common name is burnet.
Description
The plants are herbaceous perennials or small shrubs. The stems grow to ...
, the perennial genus ''Sanguisorba''
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Salad burnet
''Sanguisorba minor'', the salad burnet, garden burnet, small burnet, burnet (also used for ''Sanguisorba'' generally), pimpernelle, Toper's plant, and burnet-bloodwort, is an edible perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae. It has ...
(''S. minor''), a herb with edible, ferny leaves
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Burnet saxifrage
''Pimpinella saxifraga'', known as burnet-saxifrage, solidstem burnet saxifrage, lesser burnet is a plant species in the family Apiaceae, a native of the British Isles and temperate Europe and Western Asia. It is neither a burnet, which its l ...
or "lesser burnet", an unrelated plant species of similar appearance
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Acaena
''Acaena'' is a genus of about 60 species of mainly evergreen, creeping herbaceous perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Rosaceae, native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, notably New Zealand, Australia and South America, but with a few ...
, a herb genus including southern South America's "greater burnet" and "lesser burnet"
Places
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Burnet, Texas
Burnet ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Burnet County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,436 at the 2020 census.
Both the city and the county were named for David Gouverneur Burnet, the first (provisional) president of the Re ...
, United States
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Burnet County, Texas
Burnet County ( ) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,130. Its county seat is Burnet. The county was founded in 1852 and later organized in 1854. It is named ...
Other uses
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HMS ''Burnet'' (K348), a British-commissioned warship in WWII
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Professor Burnet, a ''Pokémon'' character
People named ''Burnet''
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Burnet (surname) 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 Burn ...
, people with the surname
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Burnet Reading
Burnet Reading (1749–1838) was an English engraver and draughtsman.
Biography
Reading was a native of Colchester, and practised in London. He worked entirely for the booksellers, engraving chiefly portraits of contemporary celebrities, many o ...
(1749–1838), English engraver
See also
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Burnett (disambiguation) Burnett may refer to:
Places
;Antarctica
*Burnett Island, an island in the Swain Islands
;Australia
*Burnett County, New South Wales, a cadastral division
* The Burnett River in Queensland
* Burnett Heads, Queensland
* Shire of Burnett, a former ...
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Burnette (disambiguation)
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