noun
a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers
• Syn: ↑Onopordum, ↑genus Onopordum, ↑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
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\\ˌänəˈpȯrdən, -ˌdän\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek onopordon pellitory, from onos ass + -pordon (from pordē expulsion of intestinal gas); akin to Greek perdesthai to break wind — more at ass, fart
: a genus of Eurasian herbs (family Compositae) with tomentose prickly foliage and large heads of purplish flowers — see cotton thistle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.