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CNICUS BENEDICTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cnicus benedictus mean?
• CNICUS BENEDICTUS (noun)
The noun CNICUS BENEDICTUS has 1 sense:
1. annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
Familiarity information: CNICUS BENEDICTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
blessed thistle; Cnicus benedictus; sweet sultan
Hypernyms ("Cnicus benedictus" 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)
Holonyms ("Cnicus benedictus" is a member of...):
Cnicus; genus Cnicus (one species: blessed thistle)
Context examples
The scientific name is Cnicus benedictus.
(Blessed thistle, NCI Dictionary)
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