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russian thistle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
rus-sian this-tle
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of genus Salsola and its close relatives, prickly shrublike annuals, especially Salsola tragus (syn. Kali tragus, which is the best-known kind of tumbleweed in the US.

noun

Salsola australis

Australian usage

Etymology

From Russian + thistle: believed to have been introduced to North America from Russia, and is prickly like a thistle.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Russian thistles (plural)

Phrases

barbwire Russian thistle opposite-leaf Russian thistle shrubby Russian thistle slender Russian thistle

Synonyms

prickly Russian thistle russian tumbleweed russian cactus tumbleweed salsola kali tenuifolia

Questions

What does russian thistle mean?
Any of several species of genus Salsola and its close relatives, prickly shrublike annuals, especially Salsola tragus (syn. Kali tragus, which is the best-known kind of tumbleweed in the US.
Where does russian thistle come from?
From Russian + thistle: believed to have been introduced to North America from Russia, and is prickly like a thistle.

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