brankursine

== English == === Etymology === From French branc-ursine, branch-ursine, from Latin branca (“claw”) + ursinus (“belonging to a bear”) (from ursus (“bear”)), i.e. "bear's claw", which its leaves resemble. Compare branch. === Noun === brankursine (uncountable) One of two species of acanthus, Acanthus spinosus or Acanthus mollis; bear's breech.