sea holly, n.
widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers
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Acanthus mollis bear's breech bear's breeches sea holly
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hypernym
European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac
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Eryngium maritimum sea eryngium sea holly sea holm