thistle

thistle
Synonyms and related words:
armory, badge, badge of office, badges, baton, blazonry, bramble, brassard, brier, bristle, burr, button, cactus, cap and gown, catchweed, chain, chain of office, class ring, cleavers, cockade, collar, cross, decoration, dress, eagle, emblems, ensigns, fasces, figurehead, fleur-de-lis, goose grass, hammer and sickle, heraldry, insignia, lapel pin, livery, mace, mantle, markings, medal, mortarboard, needle, nettle, old school tie, pin, pine needle, prickle, quill, regalia, ring, rose, school ring, shamrock, sigillography, skull and crossbones, sphragistics, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, staff, sticker, swastika, tartan, thorn, tie, uniform, verge, wand, yucca

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  • Thistle — This tle, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Thistle — Administration Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • thistle — [this′əl] n. [ME thistel < OE, akin to Ger distel < IE base * (s)teig , a point > STICK, Sans tiktá, sharp] any of various plants (as genera Onopordum, Cirsium, and Cnicus) of the composite family, with prickly leaves and heads of white …   English World dictionary

  • Thistle TV — Thistle Television was a locally broadcast commercial television station for Lanarkshire, Scotland. It broadcast a mixture of locally produced programmes and older films. It also showed 2 hours worth of Sky News every day as well as broadcasting… …   Wikipedia

  • thistle — prickly herbaceous plant, O.E. þistel, from P.Gmc. *thikhstula (Cf. O.H.G. distil, Ger. Distel, O.N. þistell, Dan. tidsel), of unknown origin. Emblem of Scotland since 15c …   Etymology dictionary

  • thistle — ► NOUN ▪ a plant with a prickly stem and leaves and rounded heads of purple flowers. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • Thistle — This article is about the plant, for other uses see Thistle (disambiguation). Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the plant family Asteraceae. Prickles… …   Wikipedia

  • Thistle — SMY Meteor I (ex Thistle) Technische Daten (Überblick) Takelung: 1 Mast Rennkutter Segelklasse: Big Class Länge über alles (Lüa): 33,05 m …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • thistle — thistlelike, adj. /this euhl/, n. 1. any of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, esp. of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum. 2. any of various other prickly plants. [bef. 900; ME thistel, OE; c. D distel, G… …   Universalium

  • Thistle F.C. — Football club infobox clubname = Thistle fullname = Thistle Football Club nickname = founded = 1875 ground = Braehead Park capacity = chairman = manager = league = Scottish League season = position = pattern la1= white hoops|pattern b1=… …   Wikipedia

  • Thistle —    1) Heb. hoah (2 Kings 14:9; Job 31:40). In Job 41:2 the Hebrew word is rendered thorn, but in the Revised Version hook. It is also rendered thorn in 2 Chr. 33:11; Prov. 26:9; Cant. 2:2; brambles in Isa. 34:13. It is supposed to be a variety of …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

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