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hedgehog plant

hedgehog plant noun: the spiny evergreen flowering plant Erinacea anthyllis.

Noun

hedgehog plant (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.

Forms of hedgehog plant

pluralhedgehog plants

Questions about hedgehog plant

What does hedgehog plant mean?
Hedgehog plant means the spiny evergreen flowering plant Erinacea anthyllis.
What part of speech is hedgehog plant?
Hedgehog plant is a noun.
What is the plural of hedgehog plant?
The plural of hedgehog plant is hedgehog plants.

Words near hedgehog plant in the dictionary

  1. hedgehog
  2. hedgehog cacti
  3. hedgehog cactus
  4. hedgehog highway
  5. hedgehog highways
  6. hedgehog plant
  7. hedgehog plants
  8. hedgehog seahorse
  9. hedgehog seahorses
  10. hedgehog signalling pathway
  11. hedgehog slice

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