English
Etymology
It was once considered an antidote to venomous bites.
Noun
blessed thistle (usually uncountable, plural blessed thistles)
- Centaurea benedicta (formerly usually called Cnicus benedictus), a thistle-like plant native to the Mediterranean.
Translations
Centaurea benedicta
- Arabic: شَوْك مُبَارَك m (šawk mubārak)
- Finnish: karvaskaunokki
- German: Benediktenkraut n
- Greek: αγιάγκαθο (el) n (agiágkatho)
- Polish: drapacz (pl) m
- Swedish: kardbenedikt c
- Turkish: şevketi bostan, mübarek dikeni, şevketibostan (tr), mübarekdikeni (tr)
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