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this⋅tle

  [this-uhl]
–noun
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.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME thistel, OE; c. D distel, G Distel, ON thistill

Related forms:
this⋅tle⋅like, adjective
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this·tle   (thĭs'əl)   
n.  

  1. Any of numerous weedy plants, chiefly of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum of the composite family, having prickly leaves and variously colored flower heads surrounded by prickly bracts.

  2. Any of various similar or related plants.


[Middle English, from Old English thistel; see steig- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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