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Thistle (disambiguation) — Thistle is the common name of a polyphyletic group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp spines or prickles on the margins, mostly in the plant family Asteraceae . Onopordum acanthium , the Scots thistle, is the national flower… … Wikipedia
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thistle — ► NOUN ▪ a plant with a prickly stem and leaves and rounded heads of purple flowers. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
Thistle (color) — infobox color title=Thistle hex=D8BFD8 r= 216|g= 191|b= 216 c=18|m=27|y=2|k=1 h=300|s=12|v=85 source=X11Thistle is a pale purple ish color resembling the thistle plant. It closely resembles the color Wisteria.The first recorded use of Thistle as… … Wikipedia
English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… … Universalium
thistle — noun Etymology: Middle English thistel, from Old English; akin to Old High German distill thistle Date: before 12th century any of various prickly composite plants (especially genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum) with often showy heads of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
thistle — /ˈθɪsəl / (say thisuhl) noun 1. any of various prickly plants of the genus Cirsium, as C. vulgare, the spear thistle. 2. any prickly plant of related genera, as Carduus, Carlina, and Onopordum. 3. any of various other prickly plants. {Middle… …
thistle — this|tle [ˈθısəl] n [U and C] [: Old English; Origin: thistel] a wild plant which has leaves with sharp points and purple or white furry flowers … Dictionary of contemporary English
Ratha and Thistle-chaser — infobox Book | name = Ratha and Thistle chaser title orig = translator = image caption = author = Clare Bell cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Adventure, Fantasy publisher = Penguin Group release date =… … Wikipedia
