noun
genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles
• Syn: ↑Carduus
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑welted thistle, ↑Carduus crispus, ↑musk thistle, ↑nodding thistle, ↑Carduus nutans
Useful english dictionary. 2012.