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CIRSIUM VULGARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cirsium vulgare mean? 

CIRSIUM VULGARE (noun)
  The noun CIRSIUM VULGARE has 1 sense:

1. European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: CIRSIUM VULGARE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CIRSIUM VULGARE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

boar thistle; bull thistle; Cirsium lanceolatum; Cirsium vulgare; spear thistle

Hypernyms ("Cirsium vulgare" is a kind of...):

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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