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biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America

1. : any of several European thistles

2. [so called from its use as the national emblem of Scotland] : cotton thistle

a tall, prickly plant, Onopordum acanthium, native to Eurasia, having stems and leaves covered with cottony down and solitary purple flower heads: the national emblem of Scotland.

Also called cotton thistle.

Scotch thistle noun

The cotton thistle, national emblem of Scotland (not native)

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