† eˈrynge Obs. rare.
[ad. L. ēryngion: see eryngo.]
= eryngo 1 b.
1578 Lyte Dodoens iv. lviii. 519 Plinie calleth it also Erynge; the writers of our time cal it Eryngium marinum. 1601 Holland Pliny II. 119 As for the white Erynge, our countrymen call it in Latine Centum-capita. |