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Large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads
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eryngium
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Eryngium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. There are about 250 species. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution , with the center of diversity in South America. Common names include eryngo and sea holly (though the genus is not related ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eryngium \E*ryn"gi*um\ ([-e]*r[i^]n"j[i^]*[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'hry`ggion, dim. of 'h`ryggos eryngo; cf. L. eryngion, erynge.] (Bot.) A large genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance, cosmopolitan in distribution. ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Eryngium'' of umbelliferous plants resembling thistles.
Usage examples of eryngium.
Weasel and I were the first to run forward and clear the grave of the clumps of prickly eryngium, still green goose-foot, young plantains, and wormwood.
Eryngium giganteum, Erysimum pumilum, Festuca glauca, Funkia Sieboldii, Galega officinalis, G.
Eryngium giganteum, Erysimum pumilum, Festuca glauca, Funkia albo-marginata, F.