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Webster 1913 Edition
Brankursine
Brank′ur-sine
,Noun.
[F.
branc-ursine
, branch-ursine
, fr. LL. branca
claw + L. ursinus
belonging to a bear (fr. ursus
bear), i. e., bear’s claw, because its leaves resemble the claws of a bear. Cf. Branch
.] (Bot.)
Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brankursine
BRANK'URSINE
,Noun.
Bear's-breech, or acanthus, a genus of plants of several species. The leaves of the common sort are said to have furnished the model of the Corinthian capitals.