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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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- Cnicus (blessed thistle), Crupina (crupinas) or Notobasis (Syrian thistle), and somewhat less closely to most other thistles. The monotypic Cnicus seems...
- name Centaurea benedicta (L.) L. Synonyms List Cnicus benedictus L. Cnicus microcephalus Boiss. Cnicus pseudo-benedictus Asch. Epitrachys microcephala...
- & Link) Cout. Cnicus firmus J.Presl & C.Presl Cnicus lanceolatus (L.) Willd. Cnicus misilmerensis Tineo ex Ces., P****. & Gibelli Cnicus strigosus Hoffmanns...
- Cnicus anglicus (Lam.) C.C.Gmel. (1808) Cnicus britannicus Druce (1906) Cnicus dentatus Willd. (1803) Cnicus dissectus (L.) Willd. 1665 (1803) Cnicus...
- Pers. Cirsium bigelovii DC. Cirsium bigelowii DC. Cnicus glaber Nutt. Cnicus glutinosus Bigelow Cnicus muticus Elliott Cnicus muticus (Michx.) Pursh...
- Vill. 1788 Cirsium odoratum Petr. Cnicus odaratus Muhl. ex Steud. Cnicus odoratus Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. Cnicus pumilus Torr. Cirsium hillii (Canby)...
- lacteum Schleich. ex W.Koch Cirsium palatinum Sch.Bip. ex Nyman Cirsium parviflorum Lange ex Nyman Cnicus palustris (L.) Willd. Cynara palustris Stokes...
- Cirsium hastatum (Lam.) T****. ex Schinz Cirsium pauciflorum W.D.J.Koch Cnicus ambiguus Loisel. Cnicus heterophyllus (L.) Retz. Cynara diversifolia Stokes...
- 1905 Cirsium vittatum (Small) Small, syn of var. vittatum Cnicus chrismarii Klatt Cnicus horridulus (Michx.) Pursh Cirsium megacanthum Nutt., syn of...
- ochroleu**** DC. in Lam. & DC. (1805) Cirsium scopolianum Sch.Bip. ex Nyman Cnicus divaricatus Kit. ex Jáv. (1926) Cnicus ochroleucus (All.) Schleich....