| English noun: white thistle | |||
| 1. | white thistle (plant) any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America | ||
| Synonyms | argemone, devil's fig, prickly poppy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Argemone mexicana, Mexican poppy | ||
| Member meronym | genus Argemone | ||
| 2. | white thistle (plant) spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico | ||
| Synonyms | Atriplex lentiformis, quail brush, quail bush | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | saltbush | ||