thistle
Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus,…Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
» There are many kinds of thistles.
Meaning
4 sensesAny of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
An image of this plant used as a charge.
Distel
чертополо́хčertopolóx
осо́тosót, чортополо́хčortopolóx
The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.
Examples
16 sentencesThere are many kinds of thistles.
There's no plant more prickly than a thistle.
Немає рослини колючішої за будяк.
ruНет растения колючее чертополоха.
Pull all the thistles out of this bed.
ruВыдерните из этой грядки весь чертополох.
deReißen Sie aus der Erde dieses Beetes alle Disteln heraus!
In the field grew tall thistles with purple flowers.
Whoever despises thistles has only to tread on them barefoot.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English thistel, from Old English þistel, from Proto-West Germanic *þistil, frFrom Middle English thistel, from Old English þistel, from Proto-West Germanic *þistil, from Proto-Germanic *þistilaz. *þīh- from *teyg-, which is a variant of Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to prick”); from this same Proto-Indo-European root comes English stick.
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