| NOUN | plant | woolly thistle, cotton thistle, Scotch thistle, Onopordum acanthium, Onopordon acanthium | biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers |
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| plant | woolly thistle, Cirsium flodmanii | thistle of western North America having white woolly leaves |
| Meaning | biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America. | |
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| Synonyms | cotton thistle, Scotch thistle, Onopordum acanthium, Onopordon acanthium | |
| Member of | Onopordum, genus Onopordum, Onopordon, genus Onopordon | A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers |
| 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 |
| Spanish | cardo borriqueño, cardo borriquero, cardo yesquero, toba | |
| Catalan | bufassa, cardiga | |
| Meaning | thistle of western North America having white woolly leaves. | |
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| Synonym | Cirsium flodmanii | |
| Narrower | European woolly thistle, Cirsium eriophorum | woolly thistle of western and central Europe and Balkan Peninsula |
| Broader | plume thistle, plumed thistle | Any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads |
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