Russian thistle

English

Etymology

From Russian + thistle: believed to have been introduced to North America from Russia, and is prickly like a thistle.

Noun

Russian thistle (plural Russian thistles)

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

• (Salsola tragus): prickly Russian thistle

Derived terms

• barbwire Russian thistle (Salsola paulsenii)
• opposite-leaf Russian thistle (Soda inermis)
• shrubby Russian thistle (now Nitrosalsola vermiculata)
• slender Russian thistle (Salsola collina)

Translations

Salsola tragus

Finnish: idänotakilokki