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GOLDEN THISTLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("golden 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 "golden thistle"):
Scolymus hispanicus; Spanish oyster plant (a golden thistle of southwestern Europe cultivated for its edible sweet roots and edible leaves and stalks; its yellow flowers are used as a substitute for saffron)
Holonyms ("golden thistle" is a member of...):
genus Scolymus; Scolymus (small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region)
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