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nodding thistle

DEFINITIONS OF: nodding thistle

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n Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar

Synonyms:
Carduus nutans, musk 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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