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English *noun*: thistle
1.	thistle (plant) any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
		Broader (hypernym)	weed
		Narrower (hyponym)	blessed thistle, Carduus crispus, Carduus nutans, carline thistle, Cirsium discolor, Cirsium helenioides, Cirsium heterophylum, Cnicus benedictus, cotton thistle, field thistle, golden thistle, melancholy thistle, musk thistle, nodding thistle, Onopordon acanthium, Onopordum acanthium, plume thistle, plumed thistle, Scotch thistle, sweet sultan, welted thistle, woolly thistle
		Member meronym	aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae

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