star thistle

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this•tle n. [countable]

this•tle n.

Plant Biologyany of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, esp. of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum.
Plant Biologyany of various other prickly plants.

bef. 900; Middle English thistel, Old English; cognate with Dutch distel, German Distel, Old Norse thistill

this′tle•like′, adj.

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thistle / ˈθɪs^əl/

any of numerous plants of the genera Cirsium,Carduus, and related genera, having prickly-edged leaves, pink, purple, yellow, or white dense flower heads, and feathery hairs on the seeds: family Asteraceae (composites)
a thistle, or a representation of one, as the national emblem of Scotland

Etymology: Old English thīstel, related to Old Saxon, Old High German thīstil, Old Norse thīstillˈthistly

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