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BLUE THISTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue thistle mean? 

BLUE THISTLE (noun)
  The noun BLUE THISTLE has 1 sense:

1. a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: BLUE THISTLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUE THISTLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blue devil; blue thistle; blueweed; Echium vulgare; viper's bugloss

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("blue thistle" is a member of...):

Echium; genus Echium (a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)


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