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Definitions for Thistle
[1] any of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, especially of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum.
[2] any of various other prickly plants.
[3] 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)
[4] a thistle, or a representation of one, as the national emblem of Scotland
[5] See Order of the Thistle
[6] (sometimes not capital) the emblem of this Order membership of this Order
Words related to Thistle
arrow, dart, shaft, thorn, prickle, bristle, spike, spur, prong, quill, prick, shrub, nettle, spray, burr, hedge, cleaver, furze, gorse, brier
Words nearby Thistle
this side of, this'll, this-worldliness, thisaway, thisbe, thistle, thistle butterfly, thistle tube, thistledown, thistly, thither
Origin of Thistle
before 900; Middle English thistel, Old English; cognate with Dutch distel, German Distel, Old Norse thistill
Other words from Thistle
this·tle·like , adjective
Word origin for Thistle
Old English thīstel, related to Old Saxon, Old High German thīstil, Old Norse thīstill
Synonyms for Thistle
arrow, dart, bristle, prickle, prong, quill, shaft, spike, spur, thorn