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ERYNGIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eryngium mean?
• ERYNGIUM (noun)
The noun ERYNGIUM has 1 sense:
1. large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution
Familiarity information: ERYNGIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eryngium; genus Eryngium
Hypernyms ("Eryngium" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Eryngium"):
eringo; eryngo (any plant of the genus Eryngium)
Eryngium maritimum; sea eryngium; sea holly; sea holm (European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac)
button snakeroot; Eryngium aquaticum (coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master)
button snakeroot; Eryngium yuccifolium; rattlesnake's master; rattlesnake master (coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite)
Holonyms ("Eryngium" is a member of...):
Apiaceae; carrot family; family Apiaceae; family Umbelliferae; Umbelliferae (plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill)
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