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    BLUE THISTLE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    blue devil; blue thistle; blueweed; Echium vulgare; viper's bugloss

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("blue 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)

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

    Echium; genus Echium (a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)

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