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Definition of Bull thistle
1. Noun. European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States.
Generic synonyms: Plume Thistle, Plumed Thistle
Definition of Bull thistle
1. Noun. Spear thistle''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bull Thistle
Literary usage of Bull thistle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Bead of pasture or bull thistle. (ХИ) Other generic names partaking in the confused
usage are Car- ... The common bull thistle or pasture thistle (Fig. ..."
2. A Source Book of Biological Nature-study by Elliot Rowland Downing (1919)
"The bull thistle FIG. 196.—Canada thistle are weaker, the leaves are not so
coarse, and the heads of bloom are smaller and grow in clusters. ..."
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