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YELLOW STAR-THISTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow star-thistle mean?
• YELLOW STAR-THISTLE (noun)
The noun YELLOW STAR-THISTLE has 1 sense:
1. European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States
Familiarity information: YELLOW STAR-THISTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Barnaby's thistle; Centaurea solstitialis; yellow star-thistle
Hypernyms ("yellow star-thistle" is a kind of...):
weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)
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