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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 Europeplay

  Familiarity information: CARLINA ACAULIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARLINA ACAULIS (noun)


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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