noun
European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States
• Syn: ↑boar thistle, ↑spear thistle, ↑Cirsium vulgare, ↑Cirsium lanceolatum
• Hypernyms: ↑plume thistle, ↑plumed thistle
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noun1. : a European thistle (Cirsium lanceolatum) with rather large heads and prickly leaves that is extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States
2. : horse nettle
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a tall, spiny thistle, Cirsium vulgare, having heads of pink to purple flowers: a common weed in North America.
[1860-65]
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bull thistle,
the common thistle.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.