melancholy thistle

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Once considered a cure for sadness.

Noun[edit]

melancholy thistle (plural melancholy thistles)

  1. Any thistle of species Cirsium helenioides or Cirsium heterophyllum.

References[edit]

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