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sow thistles

sow thistles is the plural of sow thistle.

Meaning of sow thistle

Noun

sow thistle (countable and uncountable, plural sow thistles)

  1. Any of the thistles in one of the genera Cicerbita and Sonchus.
    • The decoction of the roots of sow-thistle before meat, by the same author is much approved.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

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What is sow thistles the plural of?
Sow thistles is the plural of sow thistle.

Words near sow thistles in the dictionary

  1. sow stalls
  2. sow the seeds of
  3. sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
  4. sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
  5. sow thistle
  6. sow thistles
  7. sow wild oats
  8. sow'n
  9. sow's baby
  10. sow-bread
  11. sow-thistle

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