plumed thistle

Definitions of plumed thistle

1. noun

   any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads
   synonyms: plume thistle

   types:

   Canada thistle, Cirsium arvense, creeping thistle

   European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed

   Cirsium flodmanii, woolly thistle

   thistle of western North America having white woolly leaves

   Cirsium rivulare, brook thistle

   of central and southwestern Europe

   Cirsium lanceolatum, Cirsium vulgare, boar thistle, bull thistle, spear thistle

   European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States

   Cirsium eriophorum, European woolly thistle

   woolly thistle of western and central Europe and Balkan Peninsula

   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