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Noun: boar thistle
  1. European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves; extensively naturalized as a weed in the United States
    - bull thistle, spear thistle, Cirsium vulgare, Cirsium lanceolatum

Derived forms: boar thistles

Type of: plume thistle, plumed thistle