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Definition of Russian cactus
1. Noun. Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States.
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Russian Cactus
Literary usage of Russian cactus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Survival of the Unlike: A Collection of Evolution Essays Suggested by by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1896)
"6937, proposing an appropriation for the relief of the thistle- stricken regions,
reads as follows : "For the destruction of the Russian cactus (technically ..."
2. Report by New Hampshire Bureau of Labor, Montana (1896)
"THE RUSSIAN THISTLE That which is known in South Dakota as the "Russian Thistle"
and in North Dakota as the "Russian cactus," but which is not properly ..."
3. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1893)
"At the base of each cluster of spines is a papery flower about one- eighth inch
in diameter. The Russian thistle or Russian cactus (Salsola kali var. ..."
4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1892)
"This weed is called throughout the Northwest both Russian cactus and Russian
thistle, although it is not properly a cactus nor a thistle. ..."
5. Seed Travellers: Studies of the Methods of Dispersal of Various Common Seeds by Clarence Moores Weed (1898)
"Such is the past history, so far as it can be traced, of the plant commonly called
Russian thistle or Russian cactus (Fig. 17), although it is neither a ..."
6. Seed-travellers: Studies of the Methods of Dispersal of Various Common Seeds by Clarence Moores Weed (1899)
"Such is the past history, so far as it can be traced, of the plant commonly called
Russian thistle or Russian cactus (Fig. 17), although it is neither a ..."
7. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Russian cactus. Same as Russian Thistle. RUSSIAN FRUITS. See Salsola. See Pomology.
R. THISTLE. RUST. A name for a class of fungi which produce disease in ..."
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