CARLINE THISTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carline thistle mean? 

• CARLINE THISTLE (noun)
  The noun CARLINE THISTLE has 1 sense:

1. a thistle of the genus Carlina

  Familiarity information: CARLINE THISTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARLINE THISTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thistle of the genus Carlina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("carline thistle" is a kind of...):

thistle (any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carline thistle"):

Carlina acaulis; stemless carline thistle (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)

Carlina vulgaris; common carline thistle (Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils)

Holonyms ("carline thistle" is a member of...):

Carlina; genus Carlina (genus of Mediterranean thistles)