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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A plant of species Eryngium maritimum, of Europe.
2. 2
   widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers wordnet
3. 3
   A plant of species Eryngium maritimum, of Europe.; More generally, any of several species of plants in the genus Eryngium.
4. 4
   European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac wordnet
5. 5
   A plant of species Acanthus ebracteatus, of southeast Asia.

Synonyms

All synonyms

acanthus mollisbear's breechbear's breecheseryngium maritimumeryngosea eryngium

Etymology

From sea + holly.