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thistle
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this·tle  (thsl)
n.
1. Any of numerous weedy plants, chiefly of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum of the composite family, having prickly leaves and variously colored flower heads surrounded by prickly bracts.
2. Any of various similar or related plants.

[Middle English, from Old English thistel; see steig- in Indo-European roots.]

thistle [ˈθɪsəl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of numerous plants of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, and related genera, having prickly-edged leaves, pink, purple, yellow, or white dense flower heads, and feathery hairs on the seeds: family Asteraceae (composites)
2. (History / Heraldry) a thistle, or a representation of one, as the national emblem of Scotland
[Old English thīstel, related to Old Saxon, Old High German thīstil, Old Norse thīstill]
thistly  adj

Thistle [ˈθɪsəl]
n
the
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) See Order of the Thistle
2. (History / Heraldry) (sometimes not capital)
a.  the emblem of this Order
b.  membership of this Order
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.thistle - any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leavesthistle - any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
Carduus crispus, welted thistle - European biennial introduced in North America having flower heads in crowded clusters at ends of branches
Carduus nutans, musk thistle, nodding thistle - Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar
carline thistle - a thistle of the genus Carlina
plume thistle, plumed thistle - any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads
Cirsium discolor, field thistle - stout North American thistle with purplish-pink flower heads
Cirsium helenioides, Cirsium heterophylum, melancholy thistle - perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers
Cnicus benedictus, sweet sultan, blessed thistle - annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
cotton thistle, Onopordon acanthium, Onopordum acanthium, Scotch thistle, woolly thistle - biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America
golden thistle - any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads
weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
Translations
thistle [ˈθɪsl] Ncardo m

thistle [ˈθɪsəl] nchardon m

thistle
nDistel f

thistle [ˈθɪsl] ncardo

thistle
n thistle [ˈθisl]
a type of prickly plant with purple flowers, which grows in fields etc. dissel شَوْك магарешки бодил bodlák tidsel die Distel γαϊδουράγκαθο cardo ohakas خاربن ohdake chardon דַרדַר कांटेदार पौधा čičak bogáncs tumbuhan berduri þistill cardo あざみ 엉겅퀴 dagys dadzis tumbuhan berduri dgn bunga berwarna ungu distel tistel oset tojo ciulin чертополох bodliak osat čičak tistel พืชไม้มีหนามจำพวก Cirsium, Carduus, Onopordum deve dikeni будяк, чортополох ايک خار دار پودا cây kế

thistle نبات الشيفونية bodlák tidsel Distel γαϊδουράγκαθο cardo ohdake chardon čkalj cardo アザミ 엉겅퀴 distel tistel oset cardo чертополох tistel พันธุ์ไม้มีหนามจำพวกหนึ่ง deve dikeni cây kẽ


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