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bear's breech

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White Bear's Breeches
Extra large plants in 4" pots Available mail order, $9.50 each
www.edelweissperennials.com
a·can·thus   (ə-kān'thəs)   
n.   pl. a·can·thus·es or a·can·thi (-thī')

  1. Any of various perennial herbs or small shrubs of the genus Acanthus, native to the Mediterranean and having pinnately lobed basal leaves with spiny margins and showy spikes of white or purplish flowers. Also called bear's breech.

  2. Architecture A design patterned after the leaves of one of these plants, used especially on the capitals of Corinthian columns.


[New Latin Acanthus, genus name, from Greek akanthos, thorn plant, from akantha, thorn.]
a·can'thine (-thĭn, -thīn) adj.
White Bear's Breeches
Extra large plants in 4" pots Available mail order, $9.50 each
www.edelweissperennials.com
bear's breech   (bârz)
n.  See acanthus.
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bear's breech

noun
widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers 
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