bull thistle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bull thistle
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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I would hear them every morning when I passed the railroad car and paused over the chickweed and bull thistle growing where Tyler had buried the rifle.
From Literature
Many wild American plants are edible but unavailable in supermarkets: dandelion, pig weed, bull thistle, skunk vine.
From Economist
Weeds are annuals, as pigweeds, crab grass, purslane; biennials as bull thistle and mulleins; perennials, like quack grass, Canada thistle, ox-eye Daisy.
From Project Gutenberg
No bull thistles, no hard winters, no narrer contracted fools; no long faces, an' plenty o' work.
From Project Gutenberg
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