Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Brankursine

Brankursine ({not transcribed}) , noun

[French branc-ursine, branch-ursine, from Late Latin branca claw + Latin ursinus belonging to a bear (from ursus bear), i. e., bear's claw, because its leaves resemble the claws of a bear. Compare Branch.]

(Botany) Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.