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Definition of Musk thistle
1. Noun. Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar.
Generic synonyms: Thistle
Group relationships: Carduus, Genus Carduus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Musk Thistle
Literary usage of Musk thistle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Icknield Way by Edward Thomas, A. L. Collins (1913)
"If this had been his preference it would have been absurd enough—as if a musk
thistle were not better than all the sweet peas ever contrived by man and God ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"The heraldic emblem most closely resembles the musk-thistle ( Carduus mitant).
Thunder, Steal my. John Dennis, critic and dramatist (1657-1734). was the ..."
3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Musk-Thistle, has decurrent spiny leaves, with handsome drooping flowers ; the
scales of the involucre cottony, the outer ones spreading. ..."
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