blessed thistle

English

Etymology

It was once considered an antidote to venomous bites.

Noun

blessed thistle (usually uncountable, plural blessed thistles)

1. Centaurea benedicta (formerly usually called Cnicus benedictus), a thistle-like plant native to the Mediterranean.

Translations

Centaurea benedicta

• Arabic: شَوْك مُبَارَك m (šawk mubārak)
• Finnish: karvaskaunokki
• German: Benediktenkraut n
• Greek: αγιάγκαθο (el) n (agiágkatho)
• Polish: drapacz m
• Swedish: kardbenedikt c
• Turkish: şevketi bostan, mübarek dikeni, şevketibostan (tr), mübarekdikeni (tr)