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eryngium

/ ɪˈrɪndʒɪəm /

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eryngium1

New Latin, from Greek ērynggion a species of thistle
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Example Sentences

Sea-holly (Eryngium) is another family of July-flowering plants that does well on poor, sandy soils that have been deeply stirred.

The root of the Eryngium campestre, a plant common in middle and southern Europe.

Nothing remains but a yellow salvia and the beautiful Eryngium cæruleum.

He then gave a half-grain dose, three times a day, of the third decimal trituration of the 'Eryngium aquaticum.'

Only weird-looking grey eryngium growing amid the parched white-blossomed broom.

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