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

1 sense of carduus nutans

Sense 1
musk thistle, nodding thistle, Carduus nutans -- (Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar)
       => thistle -- (any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves)