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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A biennial Eurasian thistle (Cirsium vulgare) in the composite family, naturalized in North America and having heads of purplish flowers and spiny stems and leaves.

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  • noun Spear thistle.

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  • noun European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From its large head.]

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