thistle
thistle
subs.
Use Ar. and V. ἄ̆κανθα, ἡ.
subs.
Use Ar. and V. ἄ̆κανθα, ἡ.
THISTLE
carduus: A place overgrown with thistles carduetum: the head of a thistle *cardui cacumen.
carduus: A place overgrown with thistles carduetum: the head of a thistle *cardui cacumen.
thistle: carduus: the barren t., segnis c., Virg. G. 1, 152: a spot overgrown with t.s, carduētum, Pall. 4, 9, 4: in Plin. and Col. carduus denotes an esculent t., v. CARDUUS in Lat. Eng. Dict. another edible kind was scolymos. i, m. (in some edd. as a Gk. word), Plin. 20, 33, 99: the sow-t., sonchus, id. 22, 22, 44: *s. oleraceus, Linn.: onopordon in Plin. 27, 12, 87, is prob. St. Mary's t. (al. onopradon): other varieties are acanos, id. 22, 9, 10; acanthion. 24. 12, 66.