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Definition of Russian thistle
1. Noun. Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States.
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Russian Thistle
Literary usage of Russian thistle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by New Hampshire Bureau of Labor, Montana (1898)
"In the Annual Reports of this Bureau for the years 1895 and 1896, attention was
directed to the fact that the russian thistle had obtained a strong foothold ..."
2. The Survival of the Unlike: A Collection of Evolution Essays Suggested by by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1896)
"COXEY'S ARMY AND THE russian thistle: A SKETCH OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF WEEDINESS.1 WITHIN
about twenty years, a plant* of the pigweed family,— a tribe noted ..."
3. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"russian thistle. The points that need to be emphasized with the russian thistle are
... Moreover it is believed the young russian thistle plants are more ..."
4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1893)
"THE russian thistle.* The weed is an annual, growing to a height of С inches to
3 feet, ... The russian thistle or Russian cactus (Salsola kali var. ..."
5. Handbook of Nature Study: For Teachers and Pupils in Elementary Schools by Dietrich Lange (1898)
"The russian thistle. This is one of the most injurious of the weeds that have
... 39: " The russian thistle is an annual, coming each year from the seed. ..."
6. Digest of the United States Supreme Court Reports. U.S. Vols. 1-206. L. Ed by Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, United States (1908)
"ROYALTY—russian thistle. ROYALTY. Estoppel to Deny Liability for, ... russian thistle.
Denial of Equal Protection as to, see Constitutional Law, 273. ..."
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