welted thistle

1. 1.

   European biennial introduced in North America having flower heads in crowded clusters at ends of branches

   SynonymsCarduus crispus

   Broaderthistle

   Part ofCarduus

Questions about welted thistle

What does welted thistle mean?

welted thistle means "European biennial introduced in North America having flower heads in crowded clusters at ends of branches".

What is another word for welted thistle?

Close synonyms include Carduus crispus. 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 welted thistle a common word?

welted 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.