carline thistle

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carline thistle - a thistle of the genus Carlina

thistle - any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves

Carlina, genus Carlina - genus of Mediterranean thistles

Carlina acaulis, stemless carline thistle - stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath; of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe

Carlina vulgaris, common carline thistle - Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils

Translations

колючник колючник обыкновенный

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Scotch thistle and carline thistle, pistachio and cyclamen leaves, the rock samphire and golden samphire, both of which we discover at Cape Greco, are added to cooking pots and salads in Cyprus.

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The lush green meadows of the region coupled with the various kinds of herbs and flowers like the bearded bellflower, mountain everlasting, carline thistle and gentian that grow here form ideal fodder for cows in summer.

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