creeping thistle

noun

1. a weedy Eurasian thistle, Cirsium arvense, common as a fast-spreading weed in the US US and Canadian nameCanada thistle

Example Sentences

From the ubiquitous white yarrow to the purple harebell to the wonderfully named yellow blooms of "lady's bedstraw" to the creeping thistle to the tall rosebay willow herb, they color the landscape.

From Golf Digest