thistle
IPA: θˈɪsʌɫ
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.
- (heraldry) This plant used as a charge.
- The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.
- A surname.
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Examples of "thistle" in Sentences
- Cotton Thistle as an invasive species.
- Chancellor of the Order of the Thistle.
- Herbs of chicory root and milk thistle.
- Tamalpais thistle or Vasey's thistle var.
- He sports the badge of Dean of the Thistle.
- It would be nice to see a flag with the thistle.
- The SRU is the Thistle and the RFU is the Red Rose.
- He was admitted to the Order of the Thistle in 1951.
- Its common names include brownie thistle and Alameda thistle.
- Thistle is a pale purple ish color resembling the thistle plant.
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