bear's-breech

noun

1. a widely cultivated S European acanthus plant, Acanthus mollis , having whitish purple-veined flowers

Example Sentences

Brankursine, brangk′ur-sin, n. the plant Acanthus, called also Bear's-breech.

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In his hand a bulrush swayed; on his head was a twisted coil of bear’s-breech, in which, among the ruffled leaves, one bud remained; it was white, the opening edges flecked with pink, perhaps with blood, for from the temples and about the ear a rill ran down and mixed with the purple of the laticlave below.

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BEAR'S-BREECH.—This gives a fine yellow, which was in use among the ancients.

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There is the bear's-breech, from its roughness, a name transferred by some mistake from the Acanthus to the cow-parsnip, and the bear's-wort, which it has been suggested "is rather to be derived from its use in uterine complaints than from the animal."

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