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bull thistle

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noun

a tall, spiny thistle, Cirsium vulgare, having heads of pink to purple flowers: a common weed in North America.

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Nearby words

bull session, bull shark, bull snake, bull stretcher, bull terrier, bull thistle, bull tongue, bull trout, bull wheel, bull's nose, bull's wool

Origin of bull thistle

First recorded in 1860–65

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for bull thistle

Who picked out that old cross between a split-saw and a bull-thistle to umpire this muster?
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