thistle of western North America having white woolly leaves
European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States
biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America
Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
confused and vague; used especially of thinking
covered with dense often matted or curly hairs
