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WOOLLY THISTLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thistle of western North America having white woolly leaves
Synonyms:
Cirsium flodmanii; woolly thistle
Classified under:
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 America
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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