genus eryngium

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   large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution

   SynonymsEryngium

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofUmbelliferae

Questions about genus eryngium

What does genus eryngium mean?

genus eryngium means "large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution".

What is another word for genus eryngium?

Close synonyms include Eryngium. 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 genus eryngium a common word?

genus eryngium 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.