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sea holly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sea holly has 2 senses
- sea holly(n = noun.plant) eryngium maritimum, sea eryngium, sea holm - European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac; Array is a member of eryngium, genus eryngium
- sea holly(n = noun.plant) acanthus mollis, bear's breech, bear's breeches - widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers; Array is a kind of acanthus
is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE DICTIONARY
sea holly,
An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum ). See Eryngium. [1913 Webster]
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