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ERYNGIUM MARITIMUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eryngium maritimum mean? 

ERYNGIUM MARITIMUM (noun)
  The noun ERYNGIUM MARITIMUM has 1 sense:

1. European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiacplay

  Familiarity information: ERYNGIUM MARITIMUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ERYNGIUM MARITIMUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eryngium maritimum; sea eryngium; sea holly; sea holm

Hypernyms ("Eryngium maritimum" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Eryngium maritimum" is a member of...):

Eryngium; genus Eryngium (large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution)


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