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Noun: star-thistle
  1. Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
    - caltrop, Centauria calcitrapa

Derived forms: star-thistles

Type of: centaury

Encyclopedia: Star-thistle