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Carlina acaulis
(redirected from Silver thistle)

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Noun1.Carlina acaulis - stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneathCarlina acaulis - stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath; of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe
carline thistle - a thistle of the genus Carlina


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She has regularly won awards and this week she announced her retirement - only to become the first landlady to receive a rare VisitScotland Silver Thistle.
The Boroughmuir player went to New Zealand this summer as a member of the Silver Thistles party to help his conversion to a back-row player, but Edinburgh have opted to lay him as a lock - the position in which he won two caps for Scotland A caps against France and Wales in 1996.
Immediately prior to the Five Star award, Stephen Carter, General Manager was awarded the coveted Silver Thistle award, Scottish tourism's highest honor for hoteliers.
 
 
 
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