Russian thistles

A form of Russian thistle — Any of several species of genus Salsola and its close relatives, prickly shrublike annuals, especially Salsola tragus (syn. Kali tragus), which is the best-known kind of tumbleweed in the US.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Russian thistle
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