thistle
pronunciation
How to pronounce thistle in British English:
UK [ˈθɪsl]
How to pronounce thistle in American English:
US [ˈθɪsl]
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- Noun:
- any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
Word Origin
- thistle (n.)
- prickly herbaceous plant, Old English þistel, from Proto-Germanic *thistilaz (cognates: Old Saxon thistil, Old High German distil, German Distel, Old Norse þistell, Danish tidsel), of uncertain origin; perhaps from an extended form of PIE root *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce." Emblematic of Scotland since 15c.
Example
- 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 . "