Definitions
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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