SPEAR THISTLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

boar thistle; bull thistle; Cirsium lanceolatum; Cirsium vulgare; spear thistle

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("spear thistle" is a kind of...):

plume thistle; plumed thistle (any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads)

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