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STAR-THISTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does star-thistle mean?
• STAR-THISTLE (noun)
The noun STAR-THISTLE has 1 sense:
1. Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
Familiarity information: STAR-THISTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
caltrop; Centauria calcitrapa; star-thistle
Hypernyms ("star-thistle" is a kind of...):
centaury (any plant of the genus Centaurea)
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