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PREFERRED TERM
Thistle  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the Old English "þistil". The common name of the prickly herbaceous plants of the genus Carduus and several closely allied genera, having the stems, leaves, and involucres thickly armed with prickles, the flower-heads usually globular, and the flowers most commonly purple; many species are abundant as weeds.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
  • thistles
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Chardon

French

Cardo

Italian

Cardo

Spanish

URI
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