starthistle

starthistle

English

Alternative forms

• star thistle, star-thistle

Etymology

star +‎ thistle

Noun

starthistle (plural starthistles)

1. Any of the genus Centaurea of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants.

Derived terms

• American starthistle (Centaurea americana)
• golden starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
• Iberian starthistle (Centaurea iberica)
• Maltese starthistle (Centaurea melitensis)
• purple starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa)
• red starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa)
• rough starthistle (Centaurea aspera)
• yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)

Translations

any of the genus Centaurea of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants

Chinese: Mandarin: 矢車菊屬／矢车菊属 (shǐchējú shǔ) Finnish: kaunokki (fi) Greek: Ancient: ἱππόφαιστον n (hippóphaiston) Irish: plibisín m Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

• starthistle at OneLook Dictionary Search
• starthistle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Centaurea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies