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Definition of Carlina
1. Noun. Genus of Mediterranean thistles.
Exact synonyms: Genus Carlina
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Carline Thistle
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Carline Thistle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carlina
Literary usage of Carlina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"Carlina acaulis, its large heads of flowers are used as hygrometers and ...
Protection of Pollen. of the Carline Thistle (Carlina ..."
2. British Phaenogamous Botany, Or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of ...by William Baxter by William Baxter (1843)
"Carlina sylvestris major, Johnson's Gerarde, p. 1159. LOCALITIES.—In dry hilly
pastures and fields ; frequent. Biennial.—Flowers in June and July. ..."
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