# Russian thistle

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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. Salsola australis

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/russian-thistle