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Cirsium helenioides

DEFINITIONS OF: Cirsium helenioides

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n perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers

Synonyms:
Cirsium heterophylum, melancholy thistle
Type of:
thistle
any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
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