Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cnicus_benedictus

1 sense of cnicus benedictus

Sense 1
blessed thistle, sweet sultan, Cnicus benedictus -- (annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers)
       => thistle -- (any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves)