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thistle

79 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. thistle (noun)
  2. thistle butterfly (noun)
  3. thistle crown (noun)
  4. thistle cup (noun)
  5. thistle dollar (noun)
  6. thistle family (noun)
  7. thistle finch (noun)
  8. thistle poppy (noun)
  9. thistle saffron (noun)
  10. thistle sage (noun)
  11. thistle-shaped (adjective)
  12. thistle tube (noun)
  13. artichoke thistle (noun)
  14. Barnaby's thistle (noun)
  15. bitter thistle (noun)
  16. blessed thistle (noun)
  17. blue thistle (noun)
  18. bull thistle (noun)
  19. button thistle (noun)
  20. California thistle (noun)
  21. Canada thistle (noun)
  22. card thistle (noun)
  23. carline thistle (noun)
  24. corn thistle (noun)
  25. cotton thistle (noun)
  26. creeping sow thistle (noun)
  27. creeping thistle (noun)
  28. cursed thistle (noun)
  29. English thistle (noun)
  30. field sow thistle (noun)

this·tle

noun \ˈthi-səl\

Definition of THISTLE

: any of various prickly composite plants (especially genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum) with often showy heads of mostly tubular flowers; also : any of various other prickly plants
— this·tly \ˈthi-s(ə-)lē\ adjective
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Origin of THISTLE

Middle English thistel, from Old English; akin to Old High German distill thistle
First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with THISTLE

bristle, fissile, gristle, missal, missile, scissile, whistle

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