bear's-breech

British

noun

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

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

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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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