Eryngium

eryngium

(ɪˈrɪndʒɪəm) n (Plants) 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. See also sea holly[New Latin, from Latin ēryngion, from Greek ērungion a species of thistle]

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Eryngium - large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distributiongenus Eryngiumrosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsApiaceae, carrot family, family Apiaceae, family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae - plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dilleringo, eryngo - any plant of the genus EryngiumEryngium maritimum, sea eryngium, sea holly, sea holm - European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiacEryngium aquaticum, button snakeroot - coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake masterbutton snakeroot, Eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master - coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite