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An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.

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  1. An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.
  2. n. European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac
  3. n. widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers
  4. An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.