genus carduus

1. 1.

   genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles

   SynonymsCarduus

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Questions about genus carduus

What does genus carduus mean?

genus carduus means "genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles".

What is another word for genus carduus?

Close synonyms include Carduus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus carduus a common word?

genus carduus 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.