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.