Barnaby's thistle

Definitions of Barnaby's thistle
  1. noun
    European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States
    synonyms: Centaurea solstitialis, yellow star-thistle
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    type of:
    weed
    any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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