globe thistle

noun

Any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads.

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Meanings

nounglobe thistle (plural globe thistles)

plural globe thistles

  1. Any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads.

Translations

Arabic شَوْك الْجَمَل, شَوْك الْصَحْرَاء
  • شَوْك الْجَمَل (šawk al-jamal)any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
  • شَوْك الْصَحْرَاء (šawk al-ṣaḥrāʔ)any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
Bulgarian челядник
  • челядник (čeljadnik)any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
Finnish pallo-ohdake
  • pallo-ohdakeany of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
French échinope
  • échinopeany of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
German Kugeldistel
  • Kugeldistelany of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
Russian мордо́вник
  • мордо́вник (mordóvnik)any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
Swedish bolltistel
  • bolltistelany of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
Turkish kirpi dikeni, mavi dünya
  • kirpi dikeniany of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
  • mavi dünyaany of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
  • mavi dünya dikeniany of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
Cite this entry
APA

globe thistle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/globe%20thistle

MLA

“globe thistle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/globe%20thistle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “globe thistle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/globe%20thistle.

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