hedgehog plant

English

Noun

hedgehog plant (plural hedgehog plants)

  1. The spiny evergreen flowering plant Erinacea anthyllis.
    • 1993, The Horticulturist, volume 2, page 138:
      Next time at Kew, look in the rock garden at the hedgehog plant, Erinacea anthyllis, with its mauve flowers.
  2. A species of medick, having the pods spirally twisted and rolled up into a spiny ball.
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