starthistle

English

Alternative forms

• star thistle, star-thistle

Etymology

From 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)
• German: Flockenblume f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἱππόφαιστον n (hippóphaiston)

• Irish: plibisín m
• Portuguese: centáurea (pt) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
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References

• “starthistle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• starthistle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Centaurea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies