German - English
Definition of benediktenkraut in German English dictionary
- blessed thistle
- tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
- annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
- See under Thistle
- An annual, yellow-flowered, thistlelike Mediterranean herb (Cnicus benedictus) in the composite family, used in herbal medicine