WELTED THISTLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Carduus crispus; welted thistle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)