Brankursine
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One of two species of acanthus, Acanthus spinosus or Acanthus mollis; bear's breech. uncountable
"The roots and leaves of brankursine abound with a soft, insipid, mucilaginous substance; which is readily extracted by coction or infusion in water, and remains entire upon evaporating the liquid."
Example
More examples"The roots and leaves of brankursine abound with a soft, insipid, mucilaginous substance; which is readily extracted by coction or infusion in water, and remains entire upon evaporating the liquid."
Etymology
From French branc-ursine, branch-ursine, from Latin branca (“claw”) + ursinus (“belonging to a bear”) (from ursus (“bear”)), i.e. "bear's claw", which its leaves resemble. Compare branch.
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