eringo

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A form of eryngo — The root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties.

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nouneringo (countable and uncountable, plural eringos or eringoes)

plural eringos · plural eringoes

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of eryngo.

    Let the skie raine Potatoes: let it thunder, to the tune of Greene-ſleeues, haile-kiſſing Comfits, and ſnovv Eringoes: […]

    c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v], page 59, column 1

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany plant of the genus Eryngium

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APA

eringo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eringo

MLA

“eringo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eringo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eringo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eringo.

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