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SEA HOLM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Hypernyms ("sea holm" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("sea holm" is a member of...):
Eryngium; genus Eryngium (large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution)
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