STAR-THISTLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America

Synonyms:

caltrop; Centauria calcitrapa; star-thistle

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("star-thistle" is a kind of...):

centaury (any plant of the genus Centaurea)

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