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BARNABY'S THISTLE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Barnaby's thistle mean?

• BARNABY'S THISTLE (noun)
The noun BARNABY'S THISTLE has 1 sense:

1. European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States

Familiarity information: BARNABY'S THISTLE used as a noun is very rare.

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• BARNABY'S THISTLE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Barnaby's thistle; Centaurea solstitialis; yellow star-thistle

Hypernyms ("Barnaby's thistle" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

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