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CNICUS BENEDICTUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
Synonyms:
blessed thistle; Cnicus benedictus; sweet sultan
Classified under:
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)
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