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    BULL THISTLE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("bull thistle" 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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