Russian thistle
English
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Etymology
From Russian + thistle: believed to have been introduced to North America from Russia, and is prickly like a thistle.
Noun
Russian thistle (plural Russian thistles)
- A prickly shrublike annual, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (often erroneously referred to as Lua error in Module:parameters at line 797: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., a synonym for Kali turgida), which is the best-known kind of tumbleweed.
Translations
Kali tragus
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