carline thistle(n = noun.plant) - a thistle of the genus Carlina;
is a kind of thistle
is a member of carlina, genus carlina
has particulars: carlina acaulis, stemless carline thistle, carlina vulgaris, common carline thistle
A prickly plant of the genus
barnaby's thistle, blessed thistle, blue thistle, boar thistle, brook thistle, bull thistle, canada thistle, carline, common carline thistle, cotton thistle, creeping thistle, european woolly thistle, field thistle, globe thistle, golden thistle, holy thistle, horse thistle, lady's thistle, melancholy thistle, milk thistle, musk thistle, nodding thistle, our lady's mild thistle, plume thistle, plumed thistle, russian thistle, scotch thistle, sow thistle, spear thistle, stemless carline thistle, thistle, welted thistle, white thistle, woolly thistle