Phrase guide

Canada thistle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A perennial herb (Cirsium arvense).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: creeping thistle, Cirsium arvense

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plume thistle, plumed thistle

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: carangth — Cirsium arvense
  • Breton: dreinaskol — Cirsium arvense
  • Bulgarian: палами́да (palamída) — Cirsium arvense
  • Catalan: calcida — Cirsium arvense
  • Czech: oset — Cirsium arvense
  • Danish: agertidsel — Cirsium arvense
  • Dutch: akkerdistel — Cirsium arvense
  • Faroese: akurtistil — Cirsium arvense
  • Finnish: pelto-ohdake — Cirsium arvense
  • German: Ackerkratzdistel — Cirsium arvense
  • German: Haberdistel — Cirsium arvense
  • German: Ackerdistel — Cirsium arvense
  • Irish: feochadán reatha — Cirsium arvense
  • Japanese: 西洋刺薊 (seiyou togeazami) — Cirsium arvense
  • Korean: 조뱅이 (jobaeng'i) — Cirsium arvense
  • Latvian: tīruma usne — Cirsium arvense
  • Polish: ostrożeń polny — Cirsium arvense
  • Portuguese: cardo-das-vinhas — Cirsium arvense
  • Punjabi: ਲੇਹ (leh) — Cirsium arvense
  • Romanian: pălămidă — Cirsium arvense
  • Russian: бодя́к полево́й (bodják polevój) — Cirsium arvense
  • Russian: бодя́к щети́нистый (bodják ščetínistyj) — Cirsium arvense
  • Russian: ро́зовый осо́т (rózovyj osót) — Cirsium arvense
  • Scottish Gaelic: aigheannach — Cirsium arvense
  • Serbo-Croatian: пала̀мӣда — Cirsium arvense
  • Serbo-Croatian: palàmīda — Cirsium arvense
  • Swedish: åkertistel — Cirsium arvense
  • Turkish: köygöçerten — Cirsium arvense
  • Venetan: palamita — Cirsium arvense
  • Vietnamese: kế đồng — Cirsium arvense