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Canadian thistle
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a thistle, Cirsium arvense, introduced into Canada from France.
See: Canada thistle
Quotations
1822
It has, likewise, passed from Canada into the United States, where it has received the name of the Canadian thistle, and it is now known by that name even here.
1947
Once they bent down to watch a bee crawl over a Canadian thistle's royal hair. . . .