creeping thistle

creeping thistle

n (Plants) a weedy Eurasian thistle, Cirsium arvense, common as a fast-spreading weed in the US. US and Canadian name: Canada thistle

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creeping thistle - European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weedCanada thistle, Cirsium arvenseplume thistle, plumed thistle - any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads