carduus : Idioms & Phrases


carduus crispus

  • noun European biennial introduced in North America having flower heads in crowded clusters at ends of branches
    welted thistle.
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carduus nutans

  • noun Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar
    nodding thistle; musk thistle.
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genus carduus

  • noun genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles
    Carduus.
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