English Explanatory Dictionary

brankursine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of two species of acanthus, Acanthus spinosus or Acanthus mollis; bear's breech.

Word forms

brankursine

Etymology

From 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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