sea holly

Noun

• widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bear's breech , bear's breeches , Acanthus mollis , sea holm , sea eryngium , Eryngium maritimum