white thistle

Questions about white thistle

What does white thistle mean?

white thistle means "any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for white thistle?

Close synonyms include prickly poppy, argemone, devil's fig, quail bush, quail brush. 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 white thistle a common word?

white thistle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.