Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun white_thistle

2 senses of white thistle

Sense 1
prickly poppy, argemone, white thistle, devil's fig -- (any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2
quail bush, quail brush, white thistle, Atriplex lentiformis -- (spiny shrub with silvery-scurfy foliage of alkaline plains of southwestern United States and Mexico)
       => saltbush -- (any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil)