carline : Idioms & Phrases

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carline thistle

  • noun a thistle of the genus Carlina
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Car"line this`tle
Etymology
F. carline, It., Sp., & Pg., carline, Said to be so called from the Emperor Charlemagne, whose army is reputed to have used it as a remedy for pestilence.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia.
Webster 1913

common carline thistle

  • noun Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils
    Carlina vulgaris.
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stemless carline thistle

  • noun stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath; of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe
    Carlina acaulis.
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