NOUN | plant | Cirsium helenioides, melancholy thistle, Cirsium heterophylum | perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers |
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Meaning | perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers. | |
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Synonyms | melancholy thistle, Cirsium heterophylum | |
Broader | thistle | Any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera ... / genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves |
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