sea holly

A European seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum) in the parsley family, having prickly leaves and dense heads of small blue or purplish flowers.

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sea holly

(Plants) a European umbelliferous plant, Eryngium maritimum, of sandy shores, having spiny bluish-green stems and blue flowers

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sea′ hol`ly

an Old World plant, Eryngiummaritimum, of the parsley family, with stiff, fleshy leaves and pale blue flowers.

[1540–50]

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Noun	1.	sea holly - European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac Eryngium maritimum, sea eryngium, sea holm Eryngium, genus Eryngium - large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	sea holly - widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers Acanthus mollis, bear's breech, bear's breeches 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

Translations

kotúčmáčkamáčka přímořská

MannstreuStranddistel

panicaut maritime

blauwe zeedistel

mikołajekmikołajek nadmorski

kotúč prímorský

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The other two officers were not dead or mortally wounded, but Macbride lay with a broken leg and his ladder on top of him, evidently thrown down from the top window of the tower; while Wilson lay on his face, quite still as if stunned, with his red head among the gray and silver of the sea holly. In him, however, the impotence was but momentary, for he began to move and rise as the others came round the tower.

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1 SEA HOLLY Large blue flowers with deep green leaves, they are often planted with Blue Spire (right) for striking impact.

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Sea holly (Eryngium planum) is a showy relative that grows best in a sunny border.

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ERYNGIUM giganteum 'Silver Ghost' - the giant sea holly is suitable for dry soil and will reward with beautiful teasel-like flower heads which can be left to dry for winter interest.

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John Lapworth, of Shepshed, submitted a photo of a Female Dagger Fly on Sea Holly. He said: "The dagger fly is so named because it possesses a thick 'beak' that allows it to feed on both nectar and predate other insects."

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Know what plants can thrive Perennials which can be grown in a seaside setting include achillea, crocosmia, eryngium (sea holly), echinops (globe thistle), sedum, heuchera (coral flower), euphorbia, gazania, scabiosa.

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| Know what plants can thrive: Perennials which can be grown in a seaside setting include achillea, crocosmia, eryngium (sea holly), echinops (globe thistle), sedum, heuchera (coral flower), euphorbia, gazania, scabiosa.

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I'm loving the wonderful blues of sea holly this week.

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Eryngium, or sea holly, is a classic seaside plant that is often included in herbaceous borders for its dramatic electric blue stems and thistle-like flowers.

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It is a form that gives members SEA HOLLY Eryngium bourgatii Blue Form of this part of the family, especially those with white flowers (some have yellow and, occasionally, pink), a lightness and grace unmatched in any other plant family.

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