sea holly
1. widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers • Syn: bear's breech, bear's breeches, Acanthus mollis • Hypernyms: acanthus 2. European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac • Syn: sea holm, sea eryngium, Eryngium maritimum • Hypernyms: shrub, bush • Member Holonyms: Eryngium, genus Eryngium
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