Arctium lappa

Greater burdock, Edible burdock, or Lappa Burdock is a biennial of the Arctium (burdock) genus in the Asteraceae family, cultivated in gardens for its root used as a vegetable.
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Noun
1. burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use
(synonym) great burdock, greater burdock, cocklebur
(hypernym) burdock, clotbur