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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 Eryngiumplay

  Familiarity information: ERYNGO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ERYNGO (noun)


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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