bear's breech

1. 1.

   widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers

   Synonymsbear's breechessea hollyAcanthus mollis

   Broaderacanthus

Questions about bear's breech

What does bear's breech mean?

bear's breech means "widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers".

What is another word for bear's breech?

Close synonyms include bear's breeches, sea holly, Acanthus mollis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bear's breech a common word?

bear's breech is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.