Car´line this`tle
| 1. | (Bot.) A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (Carlina vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia. |
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| Noun | 1. |  carline thistle - a thistle of the genus Carlina thistle - any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves Carlina, genus Carlina - genus of Mediterranean thistles Carlina acaulis, stemless carline thistle - 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 vulgaris, common carline thistle - Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils |
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