carline thistle

English

Carlina corymbosa

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)

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

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

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