# carline thistle

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of about 30 species of thistles in the genus Carlina and certain other closely related genera.

## Etymology
From a legend that an angel showed the root of one to Charlemagne as a remedy for a plague. See Carline.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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