ajonjera
Spanish
Noun
ajonjera f (plural ajonjeras)
- Any of several species of thistles or thistle-like plants in family Asteraceae:
- in tribe Cardueae:
- pine thistle (Chamaeleon gummifer, syn. Atractylis gummifera)
- curly plumeless thistle (Carduus crispus)
- stemless carline thistle (Carlina acaulis)
- in tribe Cichorieae:
- rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea)
- Andryala ragusina
- in tribe Cardueae:
Further reading
- “ajonjera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014