sea holly

sea holly

n. A European seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum) in the parsley family, having prickly leaves and dense heads of small blue or purplish flowers.

sea holly

n (Plants) a European umbelliferous plant, Eryngium maritimum, of sandy shores, having spiny bluish-green stems and blue flowers

sea′ hol`ly

n. an Old World plant, Eryngiummaritimum, of the parsley family, with stiff, fleshy leaves and pale blue flowers. [1540–50]

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Noun	1.	sea holly - European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiacEryngium maritimum, sea eryngium, sea holmEryngium, genus Eryngium - large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distributionbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	sea holly - widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowersAcanthus mollis, bear's breech, bear's breechesacanthus - any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated

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