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    SEA HOLLY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    Acanthus mollis; bear's breech; bear's breeches; sea holly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("sea holly" is a kind of...):

    acanthus (any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiacplay

    Synonyms:

    Eryngium maritimum; sea eryngium; sea holly; sea holm

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("sea holly" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("sea holly" is a member of...):

    Eryngium; genus Eryngium (large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution)

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