thistle

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/θɪsl̩/ English

Definitions

noun

Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
This plant used as a charge.
The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.

Related words

Synonyms

sow wheelchair queue chaser pitcher starthistle stemless thistle way thistle sow thistle spear thistle cotton thistle star thistle melancholy thistle globe thistle pasture thistle star-thistle

Associated

impune jags asteraceae academical inverness alloa hibernian sunflower ayr spl shamrock weevil

Rhymes

bristle dismissal gristle whistle fissile missal guided missile tin whistle missel missile

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