kantiara

noun

kan·​ti·​ara

ˌkantēˈa(a)rə

plural -s

: a spinose plant (Carthamus oxycantha) resembling the safflower that grows in troublesome clumps in Indian grasslands but can be made edible for livestock by beating off the spines

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