Found 2 items, similar to Onopordon acanthium.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Onopordon acanthium Onopordon acanthium n : biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America [syn: cotton thistle , woolly thistle, Scotch thistle, Onopordum acanthium ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Onopordon acanthium Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. Scottish.] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. [1913 Webster] Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom. Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zo["o]l.), the bufflehead; -- called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman. Scotch fiddle, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott. Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain. Scotch nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] Scotch pebble. See under pebble. Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir. Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle (Onopordon acanthium ); -- so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch. [1913 Webster]