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Spiny, blue-flowered plant
Answer for the clue "Spiny, blue-flowered plant ", 6 letters:
eryngo
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Word definitions for eryngo in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any plant of the genus Eryngium [syn: eringo ] [also: eryngoes (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (cx obsolete English) The root of sea holly, (taxlink Eryngium maritimum species noshow=1), formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties. 2 Any other plant of the same genus, ''Eryngium''.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eryngo \E*ryn"go\, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Eryngium .
Usage examples of eryngo.
And I took his word for it that what he gave me were eryngo and artichokes and the rest.
Bexwith a poisonous root and told him it was eryngo, he would not know the difference.
Substituting monkshood or mandrake or some other root for eryngo in that manner would be far easier than sneaking in and sprinkling the powdered leaves of some poisonous plant into the finished pie.