Canada thistle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Canada thistle
An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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In 1881, Washington’s territorial government passed its first noxious weed law, to try to control the spread of Canada thistle.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2022
Canada thistle, a spindly purple-flowered weed native to southeastern Europe, likely came to North America in the 1600s in a batch of contaminated seed or in the ballast of a ship.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2022
They are targeting Johnson grass, giant foxtail, Canada thistle, nodding thistle, common teasel, multiflora rose, Amur honeysuckle, poison hemlock, marestail, Japanese knotweed and kudzu.
From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2021
The state’s contractor, Ed’s Plant World of Brandywine, is going after porcelain-berry, kudzu, Canada thistle and mile-a-minute weed, among other species.
From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2016
"I am not sorry for them," said Wilkinson; "they say that pest, the Canada thistle, came from the Old Country."
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John
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