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eryngium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun eryngium has 1 sense
- eryngium(n = noun.plant) genus eryngium - large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution; Array is a kind of rosid dicot genus
is a member of apiaceae, carrot family, family apiaceae, family umbelliferae, umbelliferae
CIDE DICTIONARY
eryngium, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'hry`ggion, dim. of 'h`ryggos eryngo; cf. L. eryngion, erynge.].
A large genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance, cosmopolitan in distribution. Eryngium maritimum , or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied. [1913 Webster]
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