Eryngium

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Translingual

Eryngium maritimum

Etymology

From Latin eryngium, from Ancient Greek ἠρύγγιον (ērúngion), diminutive of ἤρυγγος (ḗrungos).

Proper noun

Eryngium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – a flowering plant of cosmopolitan distribution, including the sea hollies and eryngos.

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