Brănk'/ur-sīne, n.

n. [Fr. branc-ursine, branque-ur-sine, branche-ursine, It. brancorsina, branca orsina, Sp. & Pg. branca ursina, from branca, claw, and ursino, -a, Lat. ursinus, belonging to a bear, Ger. bärenklau, i. e., bear’s claw, because its leaves resemble the claws of a bear. Cf. BRANCH.] (Bot.) 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 capital.