onopordon

Noun
  1. A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers (synset 112019117)
    is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym: cotton thistle, onopordon acanthium, onopordum acanthium, scotch thistle, woolly thistle - biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America
    belongs to: aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
    same as: genus onopordon, genus onopordum, onopordum

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