Meaning Of The Word Thistle
What's the definition of Thistle? Find Thistle meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.
Thistle Meaning
| Thistle Definition |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Thistle?
thistle
countable noun: A thistle is a wild plant which has leaves with sharp points and purple flowers. thistle in American English any of various plants (as genera Onopordum, Cirsium, and Cnicus) of the composite family, with prickly leaves and heads of white, purple, pink, or yellow flowers; esp., the Scotch thistle ( O. acanthium) with white down and lavender flowers noun: any of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, esp. of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum thistle in British English noun noun: 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) |
More Definitions
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Definitions Of The Day
- In residence ‐ actually resident; appointed to work at, and usually…
- Overfast ‐ adjective: too fast
- Deathwatch beetle ‐ a beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, whose woodboring…
- Back emission ‐ noun: the secondary emission of electrons from…
- Reinsurance ‐ noun: Reinsurance is insurance protection taken…
- Lubber line ‐ noun: a mark on a ship's compass that designates…
- Bats-wing coral-tree ‐ noun: a small tree, Erythrina verspertilio, of…
- Back-patting ‐ noun: an act or instance of offering praise or…
- Charter school ‐ an alternative school that is founded on a charter…
- Irish water spaniel ‐ any of a breed of spaniel with a liver-colored…