English Explanatory Dictionary

Russian thistle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several species of genus Salsola and its close relatives, prickly shrublike annuals, especially Salsola tragus (syn. Kali tragus, which is the best-known kind of tumbleweed in the US.
  2. Salsola australis

Word forms

Russian thistle Russian thistles

Etymology

From Russian + thistle: believed to have been introduced to North America from Russia, and is prickly like a thistle.

Synonyms

prickly Russian thistle

Derived words

barbwire Russian thistle opposite-leaf Russian thistle shrubby Russian thistle slender Russian thistle
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