eryngium

/ (ɪˈrɪndʒɪəm) /

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noun

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 plantsSee also sea holly

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Word Origin for eryngium

New Latin, from Greek ērynggion a species of thistle

Words nearby eryngium

Erwin, Erwinia, -ery, Erymanthian boar, Erymanthus, eryngium, eryngo, erysipelas, erysipeloid, erysipelothrix, erythema

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How to use eryngium in a sentence

Sea-holly (Eryngium) is another family of July-flowering plants that does well on poor, sandy soils that have been deeply stirred.
Wood and Garden|Gertrude Jekyll
The root of the Eryngium campestre, a plant common in middle and southern Europe.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Nothing remains but a yellow salvia and the beautiful Eryngium cæruleum.
Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2)|Isabella L. Bird
He then gave a half-grain dose, three times a day, of the third decimal trituration of the 'Eryngium aquaticum.'
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers|Various

Only weird-looking grey eryngium growing amid the parched white-blossomed broom.
Little Johannes|Frederik van Eeden