bull thistle

Noun
Synonyms: boar thistlespear thistleCirsium vulgareCirsium lanceolatum

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Noun (1)

  1. European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United StatesSynonyms: boar thistlespear thistleCirsium vulgareCirsium lanceolatumType of plume thistle, plumed thistle
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Bull thistle

Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large thistle of neglected pastures.

From the entry Thistle.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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