genus Eryngium

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1.genus Eryngium - large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distributionEryngiumrosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsApiaceae, carrot family, family Apiaceae, family Umbelliferae, Umbelliferae - plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dilleringo, eryngo - any plant of the genus EryngiumEryngium maritimum, sea eryngium, sea holly, sea holm - European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiacEryngium aquaticum, button snakeroot - coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake masterbutton snakeroot, Eryngium yuccifolium, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master - coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite