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Definition of Cnicus lanceolatus

Cnicus lanceolatus
Spear Spear, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer, OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj["o]r, pl., Dan. sp[ae]r, L. sparus.] 1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance. Note: [See Illust. of Spearhead.] ``A sharp ground spear.' --Chaucer. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. --Micah iv. 3. 2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott. 3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. 4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire. 5. The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4. 6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. Spear foot, the off hind foot of a horse. Spear grass. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See Reed, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under Meadow. Spear hand, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. --Crabb. Spear side, the male line of a family. --Lowell. Spear thistle (Bot.), the common thistle (Cnicus lanceolatus).

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- & Link) Cout. Cnicus firmus J.Presl & C.Presl Cnicus lanceolatus (L.) Willd. Cnicus misilmerensis Tineo ex Ces., P****. & Gibelli Cnicus strigosus Hoffmanns...
- mexicanum var. bracteatum Petr. Cirsium portoricense (****ze) Petr. Cnicus costaricensis Pol. Cnicus mexic**** (DC.) Hemsl. Cnicus portoricensis ****ze...