golden thistle

English Thesaurus

1. any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	thistle,
definition	:	any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	scolymus hispanicus, spanish oyster plant,
definition	:	a golden thistle of southwestern Europe cultivated for its edible sweet roots and edible leaves and stalks; its yellow flowers are used as a substitute for saffron (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus scolymus, scolymus,
definition	:	small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region (noun.plant)