bear's-breech

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bear's-breech - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bear's-breech \Bear's"-breech`\, bear's-breeches
  \bear's"-breech`es\, n.
     1. (Bot.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium)
        --Dr. Prior.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. a widely cultivated southern European acanthus (Acanthus  mollis
        ) with whitish purple-veined flowers. See
        Acanthus, n., 1.
  
     Syn: bear's breech, bear's-breech, bear's breeches, sea
          holly.
          [WordNet 1.5]