English noun: musk thistle | |||
1. | musk thistle (plant) Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar | ||
Synonyms | Carduus nutans, nodding thistle | ||
Broader (hypernym) | thistle | ||
Member meronym | Carduus, genus Carduus | ||