eryngium
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eryngium (ɪˈrɪndʒɪəm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| See also sea holly any plant of the temperate and subtropical perennial umbelliferous genus Eryngium, with distinctive spiny foliage, metallic blue flower heads, and bluish stems, several species of which are grown as garden plants | |
| [New Latin, from Greek ērynggion a species of thistle] | |
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| eryngium | |
noun | |
| large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution |
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