thistle vs weed
weed vs thistlethistle and weed both are nouns.
thistle is not a verb while weed is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| thistle | Yes | No | No | No |
| weed | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
weed is a hypernym of
thistle; that is, weed is a
word with a broader meaning than thistle:
- thistle: any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
- weed: any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
| thistle (noun) | weed (noun) |
|---|---|
| any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves | street names for marijuana |
| a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning | |
| any plant that crowds out cultivated plants |
| thistle (verb) | weed (verb) |
|---|---|
| clear of weeds |
Words related to "thistle"
- Asteraceae
- Carduus crispus
- Carduus nutans
- Cirsium discolor
- Cirsium helenioides
- Cirsium heterophylum
- Cnicus benedictus
- Compositae
- Onopordon acanthium
- Onopordum acanthium
- Scotch thistle
- aster family
- blessed thistle
- carline thistle
- cotton thistle
- family Asteraceae
- family Compositae
- field thistle
- golden thistle
- melancholy thistle
- musk thistle
- nodding thistle
- plume thistle
- plumed thistle
- sweet sultan
- weed
- welted thistle
- woolly thistle
Words related to "weed"
- Agrostemma githago
- Alternanthera philoxeroides
- Barbarea vulgaris
- Barnaby's thistle
- California dandelion
- Canadian fleabane
- Centaurea solstitialis
- Conyza canadensis
- Erechtites hieracifolia
- Erigeron canadensis
- Erysimum cheiranthoides
- Hieracium aurantiacum
- Hieracium praealtum
- Hypochaeris radicata
- Indian chickweed
- Mary Jane
- Molluga verticillata
- Parthenium hysterophorus
- Picris echioides
- Pilosella aurantiaca
- Raphanus raphanistrum
- Scleranthus annuus
- Senecio doublasii
- Senecio jacobaea
- Senecio vulgaris
- Sisymbrium barbarea
- Spergula arvensis
- Spergularia rubra
- alligator grass
- alligator weed
- ambrosia
- band
- bastard feverfew
- benweed
- bitterweed
- bristly oxtongue
- bugloss
- cannabis
- capeweed
- carpetweed
- cat's-ear
- cockle-bur
- cockle-burr
- cocklebur
- cockleburr
- corn campion
- corn cockle
- corn spurrey
- corn spurry
- crown-of-the-field
- cultivated plant
- dope
- fireweed
- fleabane
- gage
- ganja
- gosmore
- grass
- green goddess
- groundsel
- horseweed
- jointed charlock
- king devil
- knawe
- knawel
- locoweed
- madnep
- marihuana
- marijuana
- mourning band
- nettle
- orange hawkweed
- oxtongue
- pennycress
- pot
- ragweed
- ragwort
- remove
- rockcress
- rocket cress
- runch
- sand spurry
- sea spurry
- sens
- sess
- skunk
- smoke
- stub
- take
- take away
- tansy ragwort
- thistle
- threadleaf groundsel
- tracheophyte
- tumbleweed
- vascular plant
- weeder
- weedy
- wild parsnip
- wild radish
- wild rape
- withdraw
- wormseed mustard
- yellow hawkweed
- yellow rocket
- yellow star-thistle
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