eryngo

noun2

1. •
   Any other plant of the same genus, Eryngium.
2. •
   (no longer used) The root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties.

   • Let the skie raine Potatoes: let it thunder, to the tune of Greene-sleeues, haile-kissing Comfits, and snovv Eringoes: […] — 1597