WHITE THISTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white thistle mean? 

• WHITE THISTLE (noun)
  The noun WHITE THISTLE has 2 senses:

1. any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America

2. spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico

  Familiarity information: WHITE THISTLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE THISTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

argemone; devil's fig; prickly poppy; white thistle

Hypernyms ("white thistle" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "white thistle"):

Argemone mexicana; Mexican poppy (annual herb with prickly stems and large yellow flowers; southern United States to West Indies and Mexico)

Holonyms ("white thistle" is a member of...):

genus Argemone (prickly poppies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Atriplex lentiformis; quail brush; quail bush; white thistle

Hypernyms ("white thistle" is a kind of...):

saltbush (any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil)