globe thistle

1. 1.

   any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers

   Broaderherb

   Part ofEchinops

Questions about globe thistle

What does globe thistle mean?

globe thistle means "any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers".

Is globe thistle a common word?

globe 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.