WELTED THISTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does welted thistle mean? 

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

1. European biennial introduced in North America having flower heads in crowded clusters at ends of branches

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WELTED THISTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European biennial introduced in North America having flower heads in crowded clusters at ends of branches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Carduus crispus; welted thistle

Hypernyms ("welted 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)

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

Carduus; genus Carduus (genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles)