cnicus benedictus

English Thesaurus

1. annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	thistle,
definition	:	any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cnicus, genus cnicus,
definition	:	one species: blessed thistle (noun.plant)