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globe thistle

globe thistle noun: any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads.

globe thistle: any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical...
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Noun

globe thistle (plural globe thistles)

  1. Any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads.

globe thistle meaning in Tamil and Arabic

globe thistle in Tamil

தோண்டி

globe thistle in Arabic

any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads
شَوْك الْجَمَل šawk al-jamal, شَوْك الْصَحْرَاء šawk al-ṣaḥrāʔ

Forms of globe thistle

pluralglobe thistles

Questions about globe thistle

What does globe thistle mean?
Globe thistle means any of the flowering plants in the genus Echinops, with spiny foliage and blue or white spherical flower heads.
What is globe thistle in Tamil?
Globe thistle in Tamil is தோண்டி. See Globe thistle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is globe thistle?
Globe thistle is a noun.
What is the plural of globe thistle?
The plural of globe thistle is globe thistles.

Words near globe thistle in the dictionary

  1. globe of the world
  2. globe sight
  3. globe sights
  4. globe sponge
  5. globe sponges
  6. globe thistle
  7. globe thistles
  8. globe trotter
  9. globe trotters
  10. globe-earther
  11. globe-earthers

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