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Definition of Canada thistle
1. Noun. European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed.
Definition of Canada thistle
1. Noun. Corn thistle''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canada Thistle
Literary usage of Canada thistle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts, in the State by Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts (1819)
"Mr. Ferguson states that the following method of destroying the Canada thistle
has proved effectual; having tried it in Vermont. When the thistle is in that ..."
2. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"From the different effects of Canada thistle and Sow Thistle upon the wheat sown
with the weeds, it is evident that the Sow Thistle has a stronger hold upon ..."
3. American Medical and Philosophical Register: Or, Annals of Medicine, Natural by John Wakefield Francis (1814)
"Information concerning the Canada thistle, a Plant which exceedingly annoys the
Agriculture of the Northern and Western Counties of New-Tork. ..."
4. Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1851)
"Fire-weeds and Canada thistle. —Stanley, the settlement of the New Brunswick Land
Company. —Heavy wheat in this province.—Price of farms.—Hop culture. ..."
5. Notes on North America, Agricultural, Economical, and Social by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1851)
"Fire-weeds and Canada thistle. —Stanley, the settlement of the New Brunswick Land
Company. —Heavy wheat in this province.—Price of farms.—Hop culture. ..."
6. Public School Methods (1921)
""Canada thistle. Perhaps no weed in the northern latitudes has given ... The Canada
thistle produces many seeds which are common in grass and clover seeds. ..."
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