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saint-barnaby's-thistle — |bärnəbēz| noun Usage: usually capitalized S&B Etymology: after St. Barnabas more at barnaby s thistle : barnaby s thistle … Useful english dictionary
Saint Barnaby's thistle — Saint Saint (s[=a]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
St Barnaby's thistle — noun A knapweed flowering about the saint s day (11 June) • • • Main Entry: ↑saint … Useful english dictionary
saint-barnaby's-thistle — saint bar·na·by s thistle … English syllables
Saint Barnaby's thistle — /sənt ˈbanəbiz/ (say suhnt bahnuhbeez) noun an annual or biennial plant with yellow flowers and long yellow spines, Centaurea solstitialis, native to south eastern Europe, found as a weed of arable fields elsewhere …
star thistle — noun : any of various plants of the genus Centaurea: as a. : an annual or biennial herb (Centaurea calcitrapa) having a basal rosette of deeply toothed leaves, a much branched stem, and axillary or terminal heads of pinkish to purple tubular… … Useful english dictionary
yellow star-thistle — noun European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States • Syn: ↑Barnaby s thistle, ↑Centaurea solstitialis • Hypernyms: ↑weed … Useful english dictionary
yellow star thistle — noun : a Barnaby s thistle (Centaurea solstitialis) … Useful english dictionary
Centaurea solstitialis — ID 16660 Symbol Key CESO3 Common Name yellow star thistle Family Asteraceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Introduced to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT … USDA Plant Characteristics
Centaurea solstitialis — noun European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States • Syn: ↑Barnaby s thistle, ↑yellow star thistle • Hypernyms: ↑weed … Useful english dictionary
