noun
a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers
• Syn: ↑Onopordum, ↑Onopordon, ↑genus Onopordon
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑cotton thistle, ↑woolly thistle, ↑Scotch thistle, ↑Onopordum acanthium, ↑Onopordon acanthium
Useful english dictionary. 2012.