Russian Thistle (Noun)
Meaning
Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The farmer spent hours clearing the field of russian thistle that had sprouted up over the winter.
- Russian thistle is a common sight along highways and roadsides in the western United States.
- The rancher complained that russian thistle was taking over his pastureland and crowding out the native grasses.
- The invasive russian thistle plant has become a major problem for farmers in the Great Plains region.
- After a dry summer, the russian thistle that grew in the vacant lot had turned a brittle brown and was blowing away in the wind.