Lexic.us

Definition of Nodding thistle

1. Noun. Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nodding Thistle

Literary usage of Nodding thistle

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

1. The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery by John Richard de Capel Wise (1895)
"... Lin., nodding thistle. Roadsides round the Forest, 595. CARDUUS LANCEOLATUS, Lin., Spear Thistle, 599. CARDUUS PALUSTRIS, Lin., Marsh Thistle, 601. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Carduus nutans L. nodding thistle; Musk thistle Herbaceous biennial Pastures, roadsides, waste ground and ballast. Designated as a noxious weed in PA. ..."

3. Flora Bedfordiensis, Comprehending Such Plants as Grow Wild in the County of by Charles Abbot (1798)
"nodding thistle. — C. nutans. Leaves half running down the stem, thorny, flowers nodding, scales of the cup open above. — Flora Danica. 675. ..."

4. My Devon Year by Eden Phillpotts (1903)
"The hound's-tongue, the gromwell and the teasel, the little golden carline thistle, the Mary thistle with milk-white veins, and the great nodding thistle ..."

5. My Devon Year by Eden Phillpotts (1904)
"The hound's-tongue, the gromwell and the teasel, the little golden carline thistle, the Mary thistle with milk-white veins, and the great nodding thistle ..."

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