'Acanthus mollis' definitions:
Definition of 'Acanthus mollis'
(from WordNet)
noun
Widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers [syn: bear's breech, bear's breeches, sea holly, Acanthus mollis]
Definition of 'Acanthus mollis'
From: GCIDE
- 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]