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thistle Definition

this·tle (t̸hisəl)

noun

any of various plants (as genera Onopordum, Cirsium, and Cnicus) of the composite family, with prickly leaves and heads of white, purple, pink, or yellow flowers; esp., the Scotch thistle (O. acanthium) with white down and lavender flowers

Etymology: ME thistel < OE, akin to Ger distel < IE base *(s)teig-, a point > stick, Sans tiktá, sharp

thistle Synonyms

thistle

n.

Thistles include: bull, Canada, Russian, common, Scotch, cotton, teazel, yellow, star, bur;

thistle Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • creep: Download PDF file on the effect of mowing on creeping thistle.
  • sow: Key weeds: Sow thistle is prevalent early in the season.
  • bless: Blessing sorry out of stock A sweet, harmonious incense containing cleansing ingredients like lavender and blessed thistle for spirituality.

Preposition: in

  • pasture: Docks & Spear thistle in pasture were looked at.

Adjective modifier

  • stemless: Other typical downland flowers found here are wild thyme, yellow wort, sainfoin, cowslip and stemless thistle.
  • prickly: Its beak is long and narrow enough to extract seeds from prickly thistles, on which it is often seen feeding.
  • melancholy: Other plants such as Northern Marsh orchid, greater burnet, ox-eye daisy and melancholy thistle occur in some.
  • fluffy: Views: 388 Posted By fluffy thistle What dreadful news, deepest condolences from me n. .
  • purple: Only a mound, where purple thistles grow, locally called ' Queen Mary's tears ' , remains today.
  • tall: Loves to fly in wooded glades where tall flowering thistles abound rests at night among the foliage of trees.

Modifies a noun

  • cirsium: Unusually there are tall herb ledges at low altitude with species such as wood vetch Vicia sylvatica and melancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum.
  • rosette: The work was varied by walking the pasture of the whole dale and removing Spear thistle rosettes.
  • seedling: Sward management should aim to encourage a dense cover of grass to form otherwise spear thistle seedlings will establish in thin or bare areas.
  • seed: Groups of up to five feeding on thistle seeds.

Noun used with modifier

  • carline: I draw up the toad, the cops owl, the ram, the giant carline thistle opening at first light like a supernova.
  • spear: Under the Weeds Act 1959, the Minister has the powers to require an occupier of land to prevent the spread of spear thistle.
  • milk: This same formula also contains milk thistle which is a liver support herb.
  • marsh: There are patches of water mint, and heath rush, with scattered water figwort and marsh thistle.
  • meadow: Specialities of the reserve: Meadow thistle, heath spotted orchid, pignut.
  • globe: The white Lychnis, the globe thistles Echinops and bronze fennel that has yellow flowers continue also to provide interest and color.
thistle Quotes

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, 'Happy Christmas to all. And to all a good night.'

—Moore, Clement

Be like the thistle,O my soul, Heedless o'praise and quick to take affront

—Grieve

The thistle yet'll unite Man and the Infinite!

—Grieve