HyperDic: blue_thistle

English > 1 sense of the expression blue thistle:
NOUNplantblue thistle, blueweed, blue devil, viper's bugloss, Echium vulgarea coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers
English > blue thistle: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States.
Synonymsblueweed, blue devil, viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare
Member ofEchium, genus EchiumA genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
CatalanEchium vulgare

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