Associations to the word «Echinops»

Wiktionary

ECHINOPS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae   — globe thistles.
ECHINOPS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Tenrecidae   — the lesser hedgehog tenrec.

Dictionary definition

ECHINOPS, noun. Genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats