brook thistle

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   of central and southwestern Europe

   SynonymsCirsium rivulare

   Broaderplume thistle

Questions about brook thistle

What does brook thistle mean?

brook thistle means "of central and southwestern Europe".

What is another word for brook thistle?

Close synonyms include Cirsium rivulare. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brook thistle a common word?

brook thistle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.