Russian thistle
English
Etymology
From Russian + thistle: it's believed to have been introduced to North America from Russia, and it's prickly like a thistle.
Noun
Russian thistle (plural Russian thistles)
- A prickly shrublike annual, Kali tragus (often erroneously referred to as Salsola kali, a synonym for Kali turgida), which is the best-known kind of tumbleweed.
Translations
Kali tragus
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