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CIRSIUM LANCEOLATUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cirsium lanceolatum mean?
• CIRSIUM LANCEOLATUM (noun)
The noun CIRSIUM LANCEOLATUM has 1 sense:
1. European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States
Familiarity information: CIRSIUM LANCEOLATUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
boar thistle; bull thistle; Cirsium lanceolatum; Cirsium vulgare; spear thistle
Hypernyms ("Cirsium lanceolatum" 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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