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globe thistle
globe this·tle (plural globe this·tle or globe this·tles)


noun 
Definition:
 
plant with bluish ball-shaped flowers: a plant with jagged-edged leaves. Flowers: large white, bluish, ball-shaped. Native to: Asia, Mediterranean.  Genus Echinops.
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