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    WOOLLY THISTLE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Thistle of western North America having white woolly leavesplay

    Synonyms:

    Cirsium flodmanii; woolly thistle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("woolly 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)

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

    Cirsium eriophorum; European woolly thistle (woolly thistle of western and central Europe and Balkan Peninsula)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    cotton thistle; Onopordon acanthium; Onopordum acanthium; Scotch thistle; woolly thistle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("woolly 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)

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

    genus Onopordon; genus Onopordum; Onopordon; Onopordum (a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers)

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