Quote Originally Posted by XanBcoo
I remember reading that it meant "potato" or "root" or something. I really have no idea, someone who speaks Japanese would have to make a guess . It's annoying because the American studios romanized a lot of the names improperly, so "Buruma" became "Bulma" instead of 'Bloomer". Bardock could just be a weird romanization of some Japanese word.
Yeah, apparently Burdock is a root used in cooking I guess. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_burdock