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Canada thistle
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Canada thistle
n.
A perennial herb (Cirsium arvense) in the composite family, native to Europe and naturalized as a noxious weed in North America, having spiny-margined leaves and rose-purple or sometimes white flower heads.
Canada thistle
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the US and Canadian name for creeping thistle
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Noun1.Canada thistleCanada thistle - European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed
Cirsium arvense, creeping thistle
plume thistle, plumed thistle - any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads


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