Musk thistle Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a species of thistle (Carduus nutans), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk.

Webster 1913