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

3 senses of sweet sultan

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)

Sense 2
sweet sultan, Centaurea imperialis -- (perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers)
       => flower -- (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Sense 3
sweet sultan, Amberboa moschata, Centaurea moschata -- (Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea)
       => flower -- (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)