genus scolymus

1. 1.

   small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region

   SynonymsScolymus

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Questions about genus scolymus

What does genus scolymus mean?

genus scolymus means "small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region".

What is another word for genus scolymus?

Close synonyms include Scolymus. 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 scolymus a common word?

genus scolymus 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.