carline thistle

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   a thistle of the genus Carlina

   Broaderthistle

   Narrowerstemless carline thistlecommon carline thistle

   Part ofCarlina

Questions about carline thistle

What does carline thistle mean?

carline thistle means "a thistle of the genus Carlina".

Is carline thistle a common word?

carline thistle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.