THISTLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
   Hypernyms(s) thistle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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   Hyponym(s)
   • welted thistle (what does welted thistle mean?)
   • Carduus crispus (what does Carduus crispus mean?)
   • musk thistle (what does musk thistle mean?)
   • nodding thistle (what does nodding thistle mean?)
   • Carduus nutans (what does Carduus nutans mean?)
   • carline thistle (what does carline thistle mean?)
   • plume thistle (what does plume thistle mean?)
   • plumed thistle (what does plumed thistle mean?)
   • field thistle (what does field thistle mean?)
   • Cirsium discolor (what does Cirsium discolor mean?)
   • melancholy thistle (what does melancholy thistle mean?)
   • Cirsium heterophylum (what does Cirsium heterophylum mean?)
   • Cirsium helenioides (what does Cirsium helenioides mean?)
   • blessed thistle (what does blessed thistle mean?)
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   • Cnicus benedictus (what does Cnicus benedictus mean?)
   • cotton thistle (what does cotton thistle mean?)
   • woolly thistle (what does woolly thistle mean?)
   • Scotch thistle (what does Scotch thistle mean?)
   • Onopordum acanthium (what does Onopordum acanthium mean?)
   • Onopordon acanthium (what does Onopordon acanthium mean?)
   • golden thistle (what does golden thistle mean?)