carlina
noun
car·li·na
kärˈlīnə,
-ēnə
1
capitalized : a genus of herbs (family Compositae) of the Mediterranean region differing from the true thistles in having the outer involucral scales leaflike and spiny-toothed and the inner ones colored, raylike, and longer than the flowers
2
plural carlinae
-ī(ˌ)nē,
-ēˌnī
: a plant of the genus Carlina 
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Medieval Latin, carline thistle, probably from Old Italian