Thistle

What do we mean by thistle?

Any of numerous often weedy plants of several genera of the composite family, including Cirsium, Carduus, and Onopordum, having prickly leaves and floral bracts. noun

Any of various other prickly plants, such as Russian thistle. noun

One of numerous stout composite weeds, armed with spines or prickles, bearing globular or thickly cylindrical heads with purple, yellow, or white flowers and no rays, and dispersing their seed by the aid of a light globe of pappus. noun

The artichoke. noun

The wild lettuce, Lactuca Scariola, var. virosa. noun

Same as blessed thistle. noun

Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants. noun

Carduus benedictus, so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. noun

Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. noun

Cnicus arvensis, a native of Europe, but introduced into the United States from Canada. noun

Onopordon Acanthium. noun

The teasel. noun

Etc. See under Globe, Melon, etc. noun

Atractylis gummifera, a native of the Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the involucre. noun

Either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national emblems of Scotland. noun

Sonchus oleraceus. noun

Same as Bull thistle. noun

A species of Centaurea. See Centaurea. noun

A candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See Cereus. noun

Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.

This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.

This plant used as a charge.

The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.

Words that are spelled similarly to thistle:
thistle, whistle, thirstle, thistly, twistle.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word thistle:
impune, jags, asteraceae, academical, inverness, alloa, hibernian, sunflower, ayr, spl, shamrock, weevil, greenock, dundee, sow, nemo, garter, scottish, clyde, celtic, berwick, ayrshire, albion, daisy, stirling, aberdeen, fife, perennial, morton, rangers, biennial, weed, spells, hearts, highland, relegated, herb, spell, scotland, scots, loan, glasgow, flowering, emblem, athletic, replay, tribe, curling, substitute, motto, hotels, vale, blackburn, hamilton, striker, ross, premier, relegation, flower, badge, scored, edinburgh, signing, appearances, stems, inn, club, craig, endemic, joining, goal, andrews, native, manager, cup, rivals, plants, signed, draw, retiring, scoring, utah, goals, junior, promotion, league, plant, contract, football, defender, promoted, purple, southwestern, tie, milk, defeat, ian, division, grass, species.

Words that rhyme with thistle:
whistle, missile, bristle, epistle, dismissal, istle, missal, bissell, gristle, fissile, missel, entwistle, kissel, antimissile, ballistic missile, guided missile, sissel, tin whistle, steam whistle, antiballistic missile, hisel, judgment of dismissal, kissell, bisel, intercontinental ballistic missile, boat whistle, judgement of dismissal, factory whistle, wissel, naval missile, chris hill, chris hull, cissell, euromissile, fissel, fissell, glycel, miss hill, miss hull, schissel, this hill, this ill, tricil.

Adjectives that are often used to describe thistle:
russian, sow, scotch, common, blessed, yellow, scottish, canadian, holy, purple, blue, large, californian, tall, perennial, golden, giant, prickly, wild, rough, star, dead, true, poor, dear, variegated, stemless, native, crowned, bull, big, headed, spear, green, burr, musk, milk, melancholy, edible, saffron, huge, leaved, italian, swamp, canada, dry, carline, flowered, hardy, sea, magnificent, stubborn, thorny, occasional, pasture, juicy, plume, crushed, blown, torch, globe, slender, humble, ripe, indignant, spiny, called, nettle, principally, wicked, cardoon, naughty, handsome, corn, bitter, plumeless, gigantic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective thistle:
down, tube, seed, chaser, head, bird, heads, seeds, tops, stalks, ball, birds, funnel, field, beards, sifter, blossoms, downs, leaves, finch, mount, roots, finches, drift, eaters, blossom, spud, ocean, patch, leaf, bloom, beds, tufts, volume, flowers, flower, stalk, tubes, bush, bed, fly, spades, balls, blows, root, globes, fields, amang, feeding, digger, bulb, bushes, blow, blooms, downe, twigs, silk, patches, kex, stems, plant, blister, bunch, whipper, butterflies.

Words that sound like thistle:
thistle, the cell, the soul, thistles, missile, missle, missel, mistle, missal, fissile, missil, sissel, kissel, scissile, fissle, hisel, kissell, sisel, thrustle, giselle, this song, hustle, muscle, tussle, hussle, mussel, kessel, sessile, throstle, fussell, micelle, hessel, messel, casul, fessel, mesl, thiol, kessell, tesl, sessel, tussal, mousle, mrl, the hill, the hell, the well, the l, the smell, castle, whistle, hassle, sizzle, fossil, fizzle, tassel, hassel, facile, tassle, cecil, cecile, mizzle, cassel, fossile, facil, sisal, hassell, fosil, cassell, masl, wissel, misael, mosul, kassel, meisel, mosel, tossel, usul, housel, msil, maisel, mizell, tousel, kiesel, thesing, heisel, hysell, mesal, misil, fasl, kasal, kusel, kasel, kisiel, kosel, casl, hasl, mossel, nissl, wisl, the song.