Sweet sultan Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
    blessed thistle; Cnicus benedictus.
  2. noun perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers
    Centaurea imperialis.
  3. noun Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea
    Amberboa moschata; Centaurea moschata.

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea moschata), also, the yellow-flowered (C. odorata); called also sultan flower.

Webster 1913