GENUS CARLINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Carlina mean? 

• GENUS CARLINA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CARLINA has 1 sense:

1. genus of Mediterranean thistles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CARLINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Mediterranean thistles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carlina; genus Carlina

Hypernyms ("genus Carlina" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Carlina"):

carline thistle (a thistle of the genus Carlina)

Holonyms ("genus Carlina" 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)