thistles
thistles is the plural of thistle.
Meaning of thistle
Noun
thistle (plural thistles)
- Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
- Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field [...].1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 3:18
- This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
- An image of this plant used as a charge.
- The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.
- Here's a passage which will please you: ‘It is said that when rich he twice refused the thistle.’1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 324
Proper noun capitalized: Thistles
Thistles
- plural of Thistle
Phrases with thistles
- sow thistles
- way thistles
- bull thistles
- burr thistles
- corn thistles
- milk thistles
- musk thistles
- pine thistles
- star thistles
- tall thistles
- dwarf thistles
- globe thistles
27 more phrasesFewer phrases
- marsh thistles
- shore thistles
- spear thistles
- Canada thistles
- cotton thistles
- edible thistles
- golden thistles
- Indian thistles
- Kansas thistles
- plumed thistles
- Scotch thistles
- welted thistles
- blessed thistles
- carline thistles
- Italian thistles
- nodding thistles
- pasture thistles
- Russian thistles
- creeping thistles
- hedgehog thistles
- Plymouth thistles
- roadside thistles
- stemless thistles
- artichoke thistles
- common sow thistles
- melancholy thistles
- European swamp thistles
Questions about thistles
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- Thistles is the plural of thistle.
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- Thistles is a proper noun.
Words near thistles in the dictionary
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