thistledown

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this·tle·down (th

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The silky down attached to the seedlike fruit of a thistle; pappus.

thistledown [ˈθɪs^əlˌdaʊn]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the mass of feathery plumed seeds produced by a thistle

2. anything resembling this

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Noun

thistledown - pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle

pappus - calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions

Translations

thistledown [ˈθɪsldaʊn] N → vilano m (de cardo)

thistledown

n → Distelwolle f; as light as thistledown → federleicht

thistledown [ˈθɪslˌdaʊn] n → pappo del cardo

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