genus onopordum

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   a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers

   SynonymsOnopordumOnopordongenus Onopordon

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Questions about genus onopordum

What does genus onopordum mean?

genus onopordum means "a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers".

What is another word for genus onopordum?

Close synonyms include Onopordum, Onopordon, genus Onopordon. 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 onopordum a common word?

genus onopordum 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.