Russian thistle

n. Any of various prickly plants of the genus Salsola, especially S. tragus, a tumbleweed that is native to Eurasia and widespread in western North America.

Rus′sian this′tle

n. a saltwort, Salsola kali tenuifolia, of the goosefoot family, that has narrow, spinelike leaves: a troublesome weed.

Thesaurus

Noun

Russian thistle - prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United StatesRussian cactus, Russian tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia, tumbleweedbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Russian thistle

Russian thistle:

see goosefootgoosefoot,
common name for the genus Chenopodium, as well as for the goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae, a family of widely distributed shrubs and herbs that includes the beet, spinach, and mangel-wurzel.
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any of several plants, particularly abundant in prairie and steppe regions, that commonly break from their roots at maturity and, drying into a rounded tangle of light, stiff branches, roll before the wind, covering long distances and scattering seed as they go.
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Russian thistle

noun

Synonyms for Russian thistle

noun prickly bushy Eurasian plant

Synonyms

Russian cactus
Russian tumbleweed
Salsola kali tenuifolia
tumbleweed

Related Words

bush
shrub

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