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CARLINE THISTLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thistle of the genus Carlina
Classified under:
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)
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