Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Bear's breech, a plant of the genus Acanthus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.
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- noun A plant, the
acanthus .
Etymologies
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French branc-ursine, branch-ursine, from Latin branca claw + ursinus belonging to a bear (from ursus bear), i.e. bear's claw, which its leaves resemble. Compare branch.
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