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I don't think of Thistles as weeds. Though I dislike the term "weed". I don't consider any plants as "weeds" anymore. The term "weeds" has no real purpose since people use it to mean so many different things. They call invasive species "weeds", they call proflific spreading plants "weeds", they call wildflowers "weeds", they call pricky plants "weeds", etc... I dislike like the term because it has a negative spin to it and I don't think all "weeds" deserve such a negative image. Some "weeds" have medicinal uses or are nitrogen fixers. Invasive plants should be considered negatively but that's why I use the term invasive plants rather than "weeds".

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