CARDUUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carduus mean? 

• CARDUUS (noun)
  The noun CARDUUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles

  Familiarity information: CARDUUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDUUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carduus; genus Carduus

Hypernyms ("Carduus" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Carduus"):

Carduus crispus; welted thistle (European biennial introduced in North America having flower heads in crowded clusters at ends of branches)

Carduus nutans; musk thistle; nodding thistle (Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar)

Holonyms ("Carduus" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)