wood-thistle
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English wodethystyll, wodþistel, from Old English wuduþistel, equivalent to wood + thistle.
Noun
editwood-thistle (plural wood-thistles)
- (botany) Synonym of tall thistle (Carduus altissimus, a.k.a. Cirsium altissimus)
- 2005, Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, The Curse of the Gloamglozer, page 62:
- Within seconds the whole lot had taken on the appearance of a woodthistle's fluffy seedhead.