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thistledowns

thistledowns is the plural of thistledown.

Meaning of thistledown

Noun

thistledown (usually uncountable, plural thistledowns)

  1. (usually) The soft, feathery pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle.
    • Yet, let me not reproach myself, since the blame is due to her lightness of heart, her fickle fancy—no stabler than gossamer or thistledown—which the first wanton breath wafts elsewhere.1850, Mary Cowden Clarke, The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines: A Series of Fifteen Tales

Questions about thistledowns

What is thistledowns the plural of?
Thistledowns is the plural of thistledown.

Words near thistledowns in the dictionary

  1. thistle tubes
  2. thistleball
  3. thistleballs
  4. thistled
  5. thistledown
  6. thistledowns
  7. thistlefinch
  8. thistlefinches
  9. thistlelike
  10. thistles
  11. thistletail

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