BRANK'URSINE, noun [brank and ursus, a bear.]
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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.