Plant With Spiny Flower Heads Crossword Clue

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	noun • any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
	34%	7		Flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
	noun • The root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties. • Any other plant of the same genus, Eryngium.
	34%	11		Plants with spiny flower heads and long bristles
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