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    MELANCHOLY THISTLE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    Cirsium helenioides; Cirsium heterophylum; melancholy thistle

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    Nouns denoting plants

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

    thistle (any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves)

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