Search Result for "eryngium maritimum":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac;
[syn: sea holly, sea holm, sea eryngium, Eryngium maritimum]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sea holly \Sea" hol"ly\ (Bot.) An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Eryngium \E*ryn"gi*um\ ([-e]*r[i^]n"j[i^]*[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'hry`ggion, dim. of 'h`ryggos eryngo; cf. L. eryngion, erynge.] (Bot.) A large genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance, cosmopolitan in distribution. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied. Syn: genus Eryngium. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Eryngium maritimum n 1: European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac [syn: sea holly, sea holm, sea eryngium, Eryngium maritimum]