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CARLINA ACAULIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Carlina acaulis mean?
• CARLINA ACAULIS (noun)
The noun CARLINA ACAULIS has 1 sense:
1. stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath; of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe
Familiarity information: CARLINA ACAULIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath; of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Carlina acaulis; stemless carline thistle
Hypernyms ("Carlina acaulis" is a kind of...):
carline thistle (a thistle of the genus Carlina)
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