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(botany) Synonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus).
Within seconds the whole lot had taken on the appearance of a woodthistle's fluffy seedhead.
Use wood-thistle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wood-thistle means (botany) Synonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus).
Common synonyms include tall thistle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Within seconds the whole lot had taken on the appearance of a woodthistle's fluffy seedhead.
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