GOLDEN THISTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does golden thistle mean? 

• GOLDEN THISTLE (noun)
  The noun GOLDEN THISTLE has 1 sense:

1. any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads

  Familiarity information: GOLDEN THISTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLDEN THISTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("golden thistle" is a kind of...):

thistle (any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "golden thistle"):

Scolymus hispanicus; Spanish oyster plant (a golden thistle of southwestern Europe cultivated for its edible sweet roots and edible leaves and stalks; its yellow flowers are used as a substitute for saffron)

Holonyms ("golden thistle" is a member of...):

genus Scolymus; Scolymus (small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region)