carduus nutans

Noun carduus nutans has 1 sense

• carduus nutans(n = noun.plant) musk thistle, nodding thistle - Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar;
is a kind of thistle
is a member of carduus, genus carduus