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CREEPING THISTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does creeping thistle mean?
• CREEPING THISTLE (noun)
The noun CREEPING THISTLE has 1 sense:
1. European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed
Familiarity information: CREEPING THISTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Canada thistle; Cirsium arvense; creeping thistle
Hypernyms ("creeping thistle" 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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