melancholy thistle

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melancholy thistle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  melancholy thistle
      n 1: perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with
           lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of
           reddish-purple flowers [syn: melancholy thistle, Cirsium heterophylum
           , Cirsium helenioides]