Russian thistle
nounEtymology From Russian + thistle: believed to have been introduced to North America from Russia, and is prickly like a thistle.
1
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.
2
Australia Salsola australis
- Synonyms
- prickly Russian thistle
- Derived terms
- barbwire Russian thistle, opposite-leaf Russian thistle, shrubby Russian thistle, slender Russian thistle