Definitions
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- n. A plant, the acanthus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Bear's breech, a plant of the genus 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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