musk thistle

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   Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar

   Synonymsnodding thistleCarduus nutans

   Broaderthistle

   Part ofCarduus

Questions about musk thistle

What does musk thistle mean?

musk thistle means "Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar".

What is another word for musk thistle?

Close synonyms include nodding thistle, Carduus nutans. 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 musk thistle a common word?

musk 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.