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Meanings of sweet sultan in English

Annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers.

        Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea.

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              Examples for "blessed thistle"
              Examples for "blessed thistle"
              1
              I take the entire plant for a tonic and blessed thistle leaves and flowers for the same purpose.
              The Harvester
              2
              To relieve this disagreeable feeling he was in the habit of taking a copious draught of an infusion of " blessed thistle" and ipecacuanha.
              Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
              3
              Blessed thistle is cultivated in Germany, and it is imported to a limited extent.
              Three Acres and Liberty

              Perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers.

                    Usage of sweet sultan in English
                    1
                    Stocks, sweet sultan, and tall wands of evening primrose graded this border up to another shrubbery.
                    The Garden, You, and I