| NOUN | plant | musk thistle, nodding thistle, Carduus nutans | Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads |
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| Meaning | Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar. | |
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| Synonyms | nodding thistle, Carduus nutans | |
| Member of | Carduus, genus Carduus | genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles |
| 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 |
| Catalan | carduus nutans | |
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