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this·tle

(thĭs′əl)

1. Any of numerous often weedy plants of several genera of the composite family, including Cirsium, Carduus, and Onopordum, having prickly leaves and floral bracts.

2. Any of various other prickly plants, such as Russian thistle.

[Middle English, from Old English thistel; see steig- in Indo-European roots.]

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thistle

(ˈθɪsəl)

1. (Plants) any of numerous plants of the genera Cirsium,Carduus, and related genera, having prickly-edged leaves, pink, purple, yellow, or white dense flower heads, and feathery hairs on the seeds: family Asteraceae (composites)

2. (Heraldry) a thistle, or a representation of one, as the national emblem of Scotland

[Old English thīstel, related to Old Saxon, Old High German thīstil, Old Norse thīstill]

ˈthistly adj

Thistle

(ˈθɪsəl)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) See Order of the Thistle

2. (Heraldry) (sometimes not capital)

a. the emblem of this Order

b. membership of this Order

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

this•tle

(ˈθɪs əl)

n.

1. any of various prickly composite plants usu. having showy purple flower heads, esp. of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, and Onopordum.

2. any of various other prickly plants.

[before 900; Middle English thistel, Old English, c. Old Saxon thīstil, Old High German distil, Old Norse thistill]

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thistle - any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves

aster family, Asteraceae, Compositae, family Asteraceae, family Compositae - plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia

Carduus crispus, welted thistle - European biennial introduced in North America having flower heads in crowded clusters at ends of branches

Carduus nutans, musk thistle, nodding thistle - Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar

carline thistle - a thistle of the genus Carlina

plume thistle, plumed thistle - any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads

Cirsium discolor, field thistle - stout North American thistle with purplish-pink flower heads

Cirsium helenioides, Cirsium heterophylum, melancholy thistle - perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers

Cnicus benedictus, sweet sultan, blessed thistle - annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers

cotton thistle, Onopordon acanthium, Onopordum acanthium, Scotch thistle, woolly thistle - biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America

golden thistle - any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads

weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

Translations

شَوْكنَبَاتُ الشَّوْك

card

bodlák

tidsel

kardo

ohdaketakiainen

čkalj

bogáncs

òistill

cardo cardo selvatico

アザミ

엉겅퀴

carduus

dagys

dadzis

scălete

bodliak

tistel

พันธุ์ไม้มีหนามจำพวกหนึ่ง

deve dikeni

cây kẽ

蓟

thistle

[ˈθɪsl] N → cardo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

thistle

[ˈθɪs^əl] n → chardon m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

thistle

n → Distel f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

thistle

[ˈθɪsl] n → cardo

thistle

(ˈθisl) noun

a type of prickly plant with purple flowers, which grows in fields etc.

thistle

→ نَبَاتُ الشَّوْك bodlák tidsel Distel γαϊδουράγκαθο cardo ohdake chardon čkalj cardo アザミ 엉겅퀴 distel tistel oset cardo чертополох tistel พันธุ์ไม้มีหนามจำพวกหนึ่ง deve dikeni cây kẽ 蓟

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"Now, dear Thistle, do not harm these friendly blossoms," said Lily-Bell; "see how kindly they spread their leaves, and offer us their dew.

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``Like a true knight?'' repeated Fitzurse, looking after him; ``like a fool, I should say, or like a child, who will leave the most serious and needful occupation, to chase the down of the thistle that drives past him.

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The case is different with the giant thistle (with variegated leaves) of the Pampas, for I met with it in the valley of the Sauce.

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Here, where the dames of Rome their gilded hair Waved to the wind, now wave the reed and thistle! Here, where on golden throne the monarch lolled, Glides, spectre-like, unto his marble home, Lit by the wanlight <

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For what is the array of the strongest ropes, the tallest spars and the stoutest canvas against the mighty breath of the infinite, but thistle stalks, cobwebs and gossamer?

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It begun then--at the time of the trouble with her lover," nodded Old Tom; "and it seems as if she'd been feedin' on wormwood an' thistles ever since--she's that bitter an' prickly ter deal with."

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I am not fond of nettles or thistles, or heath blossoms.

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For certainly grapes (as the Scripture saith) will not be gathered of thorns or thistles; either can justice yield her fruit with sweetness, amongst the briars and brambles of catching and polling clerks, and ministers.

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Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.

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In order to secure the grave against secret disturbance, it was sown with thistles. At the end of three months, the Mind Reader lost his money.

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I like to lie here where the children play, beside the ruined wall, among thistles and red poppies.