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creeping thistle

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noun

  1. US and Canadian name: Canada thistle.  a weedy Eurasian thistle, Cirsium arvense, common as a fast-spreading weed in the US

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From the ubiquitous white yarrow to the purple harebell to the wonderfully named yellow blooms of "lady's bedstraw" to the creeping thistle to the tall rosebay willow herb, they color the landscape.

From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013

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