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melancholy thistle

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Noun1.melancholy thistle - perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowersmelancholy thistle - perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers
Cirsium helenioides, Cirsium heterophylum
thistle - 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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This has resulted in a colourful array of orchids, ragged Robin, dog daisies and melancholy thistle and has led to many positive comments from visitors.
Full bloom by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Upland meadow flowers include wood crane's-bill, lady's mantle, pignut, globe flower, red clover, meadow vetchling, great burnet, ragged robin, melancholy thistle, meadow buttercup, selfheal, ribwort plantain, common knapweed, rough hawkbit, meadow saxifrage, devil's-bit scabious, sneezewort and common sorrel.
Schools join meadow campaign by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Robbie lazily presented his sweetheart with a Melancholy Thistle, which has no prickles on its stem, unlike the normal thistle.
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