CNICUS BENEDICTUS

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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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