woolly thistle

Noun woolly thistle has 2 senses

• woolly thistle(n = noun.plant) cotton thistle, onopordon acanthium, onopordum acanthium, scotch thistle - biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America;
is a kind of thistle
is a member of genus onopordon, genus onopordum, onopordon, onopordum

• woolly thistle(n = noun.plant) cirsium flodmanii - thistle of western North America having white woolly leaves;
is a kind of plume thistle, plumed thistle
has particulars: cirsium eriophorum, european woolly thistle