Definition of Eryngium maritimum

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

Exact synonyms: Sea Eryngium, Sea Holly, Sea Holm
Group relationships: Eryngium, Genus Eryngium
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eryngium Maritimum

Erse
Erskine Caldwell
Erskine Preston Caldwell
Eruca sativa
Eruca vesicaria sativa
Erving
Erwin
Erwin Panofsky
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Schrodinger
Eryf1
Erymanthos
Erymanthus
Eryngium
Eryngium aquaticum
Eryngium maritimum (current term)
Eryngium yuccifolium
Erysimum
Erysimum allionii
Erysimum arkansanum
Erysimum asperum
Erysimum cheiranthoides
Erysimum cheiri
Erysipelothrix insidiosa
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
Erysiphaceae
Erysiphales
Erysiphe
Erythrina Indica
Erythrina caffra

Literary usage of Eryngium maritimum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wild flowers worth notice by Phebe Lankester (1879)
"Eryngium maritimum. I AM glad to write again of a sea-shore plant, for I associate with them quiet bright holiday hours; the never-weary sea, ..."

2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1906)
"Out of the fourteen listed above, Euphorbia Paralias, Polygonum maritimum, Eryngium maritimum, and Echinophora spinosa are the most notably psam- ..."

3. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1868)
"In Eryngium maritimum the leaf, says Sir Wm. Hooker, is " beautifully veiny." This is true ; but the same remark will apply to more than half the leaves of ..."

4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The root of Eryngium maritimum is used in the same way, possesses the same properties ... Linnaeus recommends the blanched shoots of Eryngium maritimum as a ..."

5. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"... as with Cakile maritima and Eryngium maritimum, they float for only a week or two, whilst in others again like Glaucium luteum they have no buoyancy. ..."

6. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1868)
"In Eryngium maritimum the leaf, says Sir Wm. Hooker, is " beautifully veiny." This is true; but the same remark will apply to more than half the leaves of ..."

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