Russian thistle

English

Etymology

From Russian + thistle: it's believed to have been introduced to North America from Russia, and it's prickly like a thistle.

Noun

Russian thistle (plural Russian thistles)

  1. A prickly shrublike annual, Kali tragus (often erroneously referred to as Salsola kali, a synonym for Kali turgida), which is the best-known kind of tumbleweed.

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