musk thistle

musk thistle
noun
Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar
• Hypernyms: ↑thistle
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carduus, ↑genus Carduus

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noun
: a Eurasian thistle (Carduus nutans) naturalized in eastern No. America with nodding musky flower heads — called also nodding thistle

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a composite plant, Carduus nutans, having heads of nodding, rose-purple flowers, introduced into the U.S. from Eurasia.
[1725-35]

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musk thistle noun
A thistle (Carduus nutans) with large drooping scented heads
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Main Entry: ↑musk

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musk thistle,
a thistle of the eastern United States, with nodding heads of musky-smelling flowers. It was introduced from Eurasia.

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