hedgehog plant

noun

The spiny evergreen flowering plant Erinacea anthyllis.

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Meanings

nounhedgehog plant (plural hedgehog plants)

plural hedgehog plants

  1. The spiny evergreen flowering plant Erinacea anthyllis.

    Next time at Kew, look in the rock garden at the hedgehog plant, Erinacea anthyllis, with its mauve flowers.

    1993, The Horticulturist, volume 2, page 138
  2. A species of medick, having the pods spirally twisted and rolled up into a spiny ball.
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