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ERYNGO (eryngoes)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eryngo mean?
• ERYNGO (noun)
The noun ERYNGO has 1 sense:
1. any plant of the genus Eryngium
Familiarity information: ERYNGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Eryngium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
eringo; eryngo
Hypernyms ("eryngo" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("eryngo" is a member of...):
Eryngium; genus Eryngium (large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution)
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