thistle

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.

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

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thistle

Noun

a plant with prickly-edged leaves, dense flower heads, and feathery hairs on the seeds [Old English thīstel]

thistly adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

thistle - 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] n → cardo

thistle [ˈθɪsl] n → chardon m

thistle [ˈθɪsl] n → Distel f

thistle [ˈθɪsl] n → cardo

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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 薊 будяк, чортополох ايک خار دار پودا cây kế 蓟