SWEET SULTAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet sultan mean? 

• SWEET SULTAN (noun)
  The noun SWEET SULTAN has 3 senses:

1. annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers

2. perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers

3. Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea

  Familiarity information: SWEET SULTAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEET SULTAN (noun)

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 ("sweet sultan" 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 ("sweet sultan" is a member of...):

Cnicus; genus Cnicus (one species: blessed thistle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Centaurea imperialis; sweet sultan

Hypernyms ("sweet sultan" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("sweet sultan" is a member of...):

Centaurea; genus Centaurea (knapweed; star thistle)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amberboa moschata; Centaurea moschata; sweet sultan

Hypernyms ("sweet sultan" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("sweet sultan" is a member of...):

Amberboa; genus Amberboa (herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers)