English Explanatory Dictionary

carline thistle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of about 30 species of thistles in the genus Carlina and certain other closely related genera.

Word forms

carline thistle carline thistles

Etymology

From a legend that an angel showed the root of one to Charlemagne as a remedy for a plague. See Carline.

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