The Silt Ruined The Plant

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	noun • any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
	27%	5		Like soil that combines sand, silt and clay
	adjective • consisting of or having the character of loam
	27%	5		Silt deposit
	noun • a fine-grained unstratified accumulation of clay and silt deposited by the wind

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The Guardian Cryptic04 Feb 2005	Across 14
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