Definition of Plume thistle

1. Noun. Any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Plume Thistle

plumbs
plumbum
plumbums
plumbylene
plumbylenes
plumbylidene
plumbylidenes
plumcot
plumcot tree
plumcots
plume moth
plume poppy
plume thistle (current term)
plumed
plumed scorpionfish
plumed thistle
plumed thistles
plumed tussock
plumeless
plumelet
plumelets
plumelike
plumeria
plumerias
plumeries
plumery
plumes

Literary usage of Plume thistle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"There are in England nine indigenous species of plume thistle. ... Those which give most trouble to the farmer are, the , Marsh plume-thistle ..."

2. The flora of Harrow by James Cosmo Melvill (1876)
"(Spear plume thistle.) Way sides and pastures. 7, 8. ... (Creeping Field Plume Thistle.) Fields and road sides. 7, 8. Everywhere abundant. 4. C. pratensis. ..."

3. The History and Antiquities of Newbury and Its Environs: Including Twenty (1839)
"... (Spear Plume-thistle) palustris, (Marsh Plume-thistle) arvensis, ... (melancholy Plume-thistle) Woodhay and Cold-Ash commons, 1'en wood, &c. ..."

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