carline thistle

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English[edit]

Carlina corymbosa

Etymology[edit]

From a legend that an angel showed the root of one to Charlemagne as a remedy for a plague. See Carline.

Noun[edit]

carline thistle (plural carline thistles)

  1. Any of about 30 species of thistles in the genus Carlina and certain other closely related genera.

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