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Meaning of thistle

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

thistle

Pronunciation:/θɪsl̩/

noun

Definitions

  1. Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.

  2. This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.

  3. This plant used as a charge.

  4. The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thistle

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