How to Use "thistle" with Example Sentences

1. The thistle is one of their food sources .

2. Finches clung to a bag of thistle hanging on a tree branch , only ten feet from me .

3. The lace design incorporated rose , thistle , daffodil and shamrock - the emblems of england , scotland , wales and northern ireland .

4. Others are herbal compounds , featuring such ingredients as ginseng , milk thistle , borage , and extracts of prickly pear , artichoke , and guava leaf .

5. The latin name likely arose based on a personal name cardus , thought to be gaulish . However , carduus is also the latin word for " thistle , " so some people believe the ultimate meaning of chardonnay to be " a place of thistles . "