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Thistle — This article is about the plant, for other uses see Thistle (disambiguation). Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the plant family Asteraceae. Prickles… … Wikipedia
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
thistle — [this′əl] n. [ME thistel < OE, akin to Ger distel < IE base * (s)teig , a point > STICK, Sans tiktá, sharp] any of various plants (as genera Onopordum, Cirsium, and Cnicus) of the composite family, with prickly leaves and heads of white … English World dictionary
thistle — thistlelike, adj. /this euhl/, n. 1. any of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, esp. of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum. 2. any of various other prickly plants. [bef. 900; ME thistel, OE; c. D distel, G… … Universalium
Thistle (dinghy) — Infobox Sailboat Specifications class symbol = numberofcrew = 3 loa = 5.20 m (17 ft) lwl = beam = 1.80 m (6 ft) draft = 1.40 m (4 ft 6 in) hull = 334 kg (515 lb) mainsailandjib= 17.1 msu|p=2 (191 ftsu|p=2) mastheight = mainsail = jib = spinnaker … Wikipedia
family Asteraceae — noun plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia • Syn: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑aster family • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Compositae — noun plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia • Syn: ↑Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
thistle — noun 1》 a widely distributed herbaceous plant of the daisy family, typically with a prickly stem and leaves and rounded heads of purple flowers. [Carlina, Carduus, and other genera.] 2》 a plant of the thistle type as the Scottish national emblem … English new terms dictionary
thistle — this·tle (thisґəl) any of a number of weedy plants of the family Compositae, having spiny leaves and flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts … Medical dictionary
Thomas Thistle — (born 1853 11 22 Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England and died 1936 02 07 Eling vicarage, Southampton Hampshire) was an Anglican priest in England, New Zealand and Australia. He became headmaster of Hereford Cathedral School… … Wikipedia
