Cirsium
noun
Cir·si·um
ˈsərs(h)ēəm
: a widely distributed genus of prickly herbs (family Compositae) having the bristles of the pappus plumose compare carduus see bull thistle
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek kirsion, a thistle, probably from kirsos swollen vein; from the use of the thistle in antiquity in the treatment of swollen veins
- heterotroph
- heterotroph hypothesis
- heterotrophic
- heterotrophically
- heterotrophies
- heterotrophs
- heterotrophy
- heterotropous
- heterotypic
- heterousia
- heterousian
- heteroxanthin
- heteroxanthine
- heteroxenous
- heterozeteses
- heterozetesis
- heterozygoses
- heterozygosis
- heterozygosities
- carniest
- carnifex
- carnifexes
- carnifices
- carnificial
- carnified