eryngo (redirected from eryngos)

e·ryn·go  (-rngg)

n. pl. e·ryn·goes

Any of several plants of the genus Eryngium having spiny leaves and dense clusters of small bluish flowers.

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[Alteration of Latin ryngion, sea holly, from Greek rungion, diminutive of rungos.]

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eryngo [ɪˈrɪŋgəʊ]

n pl -goes, -gos

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any umbelliferous plant of the genus Eryngium, such as the sea holly, having toothed or lobed leaves Also called eringo

[from Latin ēryngion variety of thistle, from Greek ērungion, diminutive of ērungos thistle]

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eryngo - any plant of the genus Eryngium eringo Eryngium, genus Eryngium - large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base