carline thistle

English

Etymology

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

Noun

carline thistle (plural carline thistles)

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

Translations

thistle

• Albanian: ushojza f
• Finnish: kurho (fi)
• Irish: feochadán mín m, feochadán baineann m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: dziewięćsił m
• Scottish Gaelic: cluaran-òir m, fòghnan-soilleir

References

• Carlina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carlina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Carlina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons