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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large genus of composite plants, popularly known as thistles.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a genus of plants having only one species, the blessed thistle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun one species: blessed thistle

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