Thistle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /θɪsl̩/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thistle is a noun meaning This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
Meaning
This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
More Meanings
- (heraldry) An image of this plant used as a charge.
- The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.
- Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
Example Sentences
Here's a passage which will please you: ‘It is said that when rich he twice refused the thistle.’
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field [...].
I wasn’t born of a whistle, or milked from a thistle at twilight / No; I was all horns and thorns, sprung out fully formed, knock-kneed and upright
Word Forms
- thistles
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