any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
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thistle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Milk thistle and dandelion root herbal products can help improve liver function.
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Snap off all asparagus spears at ground level, then treat thistle with Roundup.
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A half-mile later, a meadow of star thistle awaits to make things more prickly.
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A blue and white shield with a thistle, the Scottish emblem, is the team's badge.
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Yellow star thistle invades thousands of acres of native grasslands in California.
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Nor did milk thistle differ much from the placebo with regard to side effects.
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There were already non-native plants introduced into the valley, like star thistle.
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The thistle, you see, is a prickly flower with the world's toughest tap root.
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Serra da Estrela is handmade from fresh sheep milk and thistle-derivedrennet.
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- Any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
- Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles often occur all over the plant - on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves. ...
- Thistle is a pale purple-ish color resembling the thistle plant. It closely resembles the color Wisteria.
- The Thistle is a high performance one-design racing dinghy, also used for day sailing, popular in the United States. The Thistle was designed by Gordon K. (Sandy) Douglass who later designed the Highlander and Flying Scot. (These names commemorate Douglassu2019s Scots heritage.) Starting in 1945, 4000 boats have now been built. Their construction originally used molded plywood...
- Thistle was the unsuccessful Scottish challenger of the seventh America's Cup in 1887 against American defender Volunteer.
- The Order of the Thistle, a Scottish order of knighthood, was instituted by James VII (James II of England) in 1687. It fell into abeyance during the reign of William and Mary, but was revived by Queen Anne in 1703.
- Considered a diaphoretic, stimulant, tonic, emetic and emmenagogue. In large doses, Blessed Thistle acts as a strong emetic, producing vomiting with little pain and inconvenience. Also see Milk Thistle
- A symbol of Scotland. The story goes that during the Viking age Norwegian invaders attempted to surprise the Scots by attacking them at night while they slept, but one Norwegian stepped on a thistle and his shriek of pain alerted the Scots and saved them from defeat. [I, 2]
- (torpedoed by U-4 on 10 April 1940)
