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Definition of Eryngium
1. Noun. Large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Apiaceae, Carrot Family, Family Apiaceae, Family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae
Member holonyms: Eringo, Eryngo, Eryngium Maritimum, Sea Eryngium, Sea Holly, Sea Holm, Button Snakeroot, Eryngium Aquaticum, Button Snakeroot, Eryngium Yuccifolium, Rattlesnake Master, Rattlesnake's Master
Definition of Eryngium
1. n. A genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.
Definition of Eryngium
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Eryngium'' of umbelliferous plants resembling thistles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eryngium
1. a type of bristly plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eryngium
Literary usage of Eryngium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"... There was no confusion of eryngium with Aster on the part of Dioscorides, md
only two features of strong resemblance in use, those of eryngium "for ..."
2. Hardy Perennials and Old-fashioned Garden Flowers: Describing the Most by John Wood (1884)
"As will be inferred from the order to which the eryngium FIG. 37. eryngium GIGANTEUM.
(One-tenth natural size ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"ERY'NGO (eryngium), a genus of plants of the natural order ... Its root was
formerly ъ с а Sea Holly (eryngium maritimum) : a, a floret ; ¡>, a petal ; c, ..."
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