wood-thistle

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English wodethystyll, wodþistel, from Old English wuduþistel, equivalent to wood +‎ thistle.

Noun[edit]

wood-thistle (plural wood-thistles)

  1. (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.
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