WordNet
white thistle
n. any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America [syn: prickly poppy, argemone, devil's fig]
spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico [syn: quail bush, quail brush, Atriplex lentiformis]
Wikipedia
White thistle
White thistle is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
- Atriplex lentiformis, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico
- Cirsium hookerianum, native to the northwestern United States and western Canada
Usage examples of "white thistle".
The agricultural part of the valley, with its citrus groves and fields of vegetables and aloe vera, gave way to and plains of mesquite trees and white thistle.