[ 'bə:nɪt ]
■ noun
1》 a plant of the rose family, with globular pinkish flower heads and leaves composed of many small leaflets. [Genus Sanguisorba : several species.]
2》 a day-flying moth, typically having greenish-black wings with crimson markings. [ Zygaena and other genera.]
Origin
ME: from OFr. brunete , ~e (denoting brown cloth or a plant with brown flowers), dimin. of brun 'brown'.