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wood-thistle

wood-thistle noun: synonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus).

Noun

wood-thistle (plural wood-thistles)

  1. Synonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus)
    • Within seconds the whole lot had taken on the appearance of a woodthistle's fluffy seedhead.2005, Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, The Curse of the Gloamglozer, page 62
    Synonyms:
    tall thistle

Synonyms of wood-thistle

Forms of wood-thistle

pluralwood-thistles
alternative formwoodthistle
alternative formwood thistle

Origin of wood-thistle

From Middle English wodethystyll, wodþistel, from Old English wuduþistel, equivalent to wood + thistle.

Questions about wood-thistle

What does wood-thistle mean?
Wood-thistle means synonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus).
What part of speech is wood-thistle?
Wood-thistle is a noun.
What is the plural of wood-thistle?
The plural of wood-thistle is wood-thistles.

Words near wood-thistle in the dictionary

  1. wood-smoked
  2. wood-sorrel
  3. wood-sorrels
  4. wood-stove
  5. wood-stoves
  6. wood-thistle
  7. wood-thistles
  8. wood-wide web
  9. wood-wide webs
  10. wood-wife
  11. wood-wives

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