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SEA HOLLY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers
Synonyms:
Acanthus mollis; bear's breech; bear's breeches; sea holly
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sea holly" is a kind of...):
acanthus (any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated)
Sense 2
Meaning:
European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac
Synonyms:
Eryngium maritimum; sea eryngium; sea holly; sea holm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("sea holly" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("sea holly" is a member of...):
Eryngium; genus Eryngium (large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution)
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