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Scolymus

noun

small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region

• Syn: ↑genus Scolymus

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms: ↑golden thistle

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\\ˈskäləməs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin scolymos, a kind of thistle, from Greek skolymos

: a small genus of thistlelike herbs (family Compositae) of the Mediterranean region having flower heads with only ray flowers — see golden thistle

Useful english dictionary. 2012.