Definition of Bull thistle

1. Noun. European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States.


Definition of Bull thistle

1. Noun. Spear thistle''. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bull Thistle

bull mastiff
bull neck
bull nettle
bull nose
bull pine
bull ring
bull rope
bull ropes
bull session
bull sessions
bull shark
bull sharks
bull snake
bull terrier
bull terriers
bull thistle
bull thistles
bull through
bull tongue
bull trap
bull traps
bull trout
bulla
bulla ethmoidalis
bulla tympanica
bullabessa
bullace
bullace grape
bullaces
bullae

Literary usage of Bull thistle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Bead of pasture or bull thistle. (ХИ) Other generic names partaking in the confused usage are Car- ... The common bull thistle or pasture thistle (Fig. ..."

2. A Source Book of Biological Nature-study by Elliot Rowland Downing (1919)
"The bull thistle FIG. 196.—Canada thistle are weaker, the leaves are not so coarse, and the heads of bloom are smaller and grow in clusters. ..."

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