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Etymology
Old English þistel

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪs�l|-ɪs�l

Noun
en-noun

1. Any of several perennial composite plants, of genera Cirsium, Carduus or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
2. The national emblem of Scotland.

Derived terms
blessed thistle
bull thistle
Canada thistle
globe thistle
Russian thistle
sow thistle
star thistle
thistle butterfly
thistledown

Translations

Catalan: card m
Czech: bodlák m
Dutch: distel m
Esperanto: kardo
French: chardon m
German: Distel f
mid
Hungarian: bogáncs
Italian: cardo m
Latin: carduus m
Romanian: sc�lete m
Spanish: cardo m
Swedish: tistel

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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