Definitions
an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
Word origin
Calque of Latin cervī spīna (“deer's thorny shrub”), cervi (“deer's”) being the genitive singular of cervus (“deer”), from Proto-Italic *kerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) + *-wós, spīna (“thorny shrub”) from Proto-Italic *speinā, from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”). By surface analysis, buck + thorn.
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Spiny woody plant”9 letters
02“Spiny shrub”9 letters
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