Russian thistle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Russian + thistle: believed to have been introduced to North America from Russia, and is prickly like a thistle.
Noun[edit]
Russian thistle (plural Russian thistles)
- 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.
- (Australia) Salsola australis
Synonyms[edit]
- (Salsola tragus): prickly Russian thistle
Derived terms[edit]
- barbwire Russian thistle (Salsola paulsenii)
- opposite-leaf Russian thistle (Soda inermis)
- shrubby Russian thistle (now Nitrosalsola vermiculata)
- slender Russian thistle (Salsola collina)
Translations[edit]
Salsola tragus
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