bull thistle
noun
a tall, spiny thistle, Cirsium vulgare, having heads of pink to purple flowers: a common weed in North America.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
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First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby bull thistle
bull session, bull shark, bull snake, bull stretcher, bull terrier, bull thistle, bull tongue, bull trout, bull wheel, bull's nose, bull's wool
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Example sentences from the Web for bull thistle
Who picked out that old cross between a split-saw and a bull-thistle to umpire this muster?
The Skipper and the Skipped|Holman Day