thistle (n)

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type n
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def 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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Hypernym weed
Member holonym Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family
Hyponym welted thistle, Carduus crispus; musk thistle, nodding thistle, Carduus nutans; carline thistle; plume thistle, plumed thistle; field thistle, Cirsium discolor; melancholy thistle, Cirsium heterophylum, Cirsium helenioides; blessed thistle, sweet sultan, Cnicus benedictus; cotton thistle, woolly thistle, Scotch thistle, Onopordum acanthium, Onopordon acanthium; golden thistle
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Member meronym Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family
Hypernym welted thistle, Carduus crispus; musk thistle, nodding thistle, Carduus nutans; carline thistle; plume thistle, plumed thistle; field thistle, Cirsium discolor; melancholy thistle, Cirsium heterophylum, Cirsium helenioides; blessed thistle, sweet sultan, Cnicus benedictus; cotton thistle, woolly thistle, Scotch thistle, Onopordum acanthium, Onopordon acanthium; golden thistle
Hyponym weed

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