Word
genus Carduus, n.
genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles
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Carduus
genus Carduus
semantic pointers
hypernym
asterid dicot genus
member holonym
Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family
member meronym
welted thistle, Carduus crispus
musk thistle, nodding thistle, Carduus nutans