WOOLLY THISTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does woolly thistle mean? 

• WOOLLY THISTLE (noun)
  The noun WOOLLY THISTLE has 2 senses:

1. biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America

2. thistle of western North America having white woolly leaves

  Familiarity information: WOOLLY THISTLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOOLLY THISTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cotton thistle; Onopordon acanthium; Onopordum acanthium; Scotch thistle; woolly thistle

Hypernyms ("woolly 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)

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

genus Onopordon; genus Onopordum; Onopordon; Onopordum (a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Thistle of western North America having white woolly leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cirsium flodmanii; woolly thistle

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

plume thistle; plumed thistle (any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads)

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

Cirsium eriophorum; European woolly thistle (woolly thistle of western and central Europe and Balkan Peninsula)