thistle |
x |
As a noun thistle
is any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera
cirsium'', ''carduus'', ''cynara or , having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
thistle |
undefined |
As a noun thistle
is any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera
cirsium'', ''carduus'', ''cynara or , having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.
thicket |
thistle |
As nouns the difference between thicket and thistle
is that
thicket is a dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse while
thistle is any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera
Cirsium,
Carduus,
Cynara or genus: Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
thistle |
poppy |
As a noun thistle
is any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera
cirsium'', ''carduus'', ''cynara or , having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
As a proper noun poppy is
, a flower name used since the end of the 19th century.
thistle |
thorn |
As nouns the difference between thistle and thorn
is that
thistle is any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera
Cirsium,
Carduus,
Cynara or genus: Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts while
thorn is a sharp protective spine of a plant.
As a verb thorn is
to pierce with, or as if with, a thorn.
As a proper noun Thorn is
{{surname|topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone living near a thorn bush.
thistle |
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thistle |
bristle |
As nouns the difference between thistle and bristle
is that
thistle is any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera
Cirsium,
Carduus,
Cynara or genus: Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts while
bristle is a stiff or coarse hair.
As a verb bristle is
to rise or stand erect, like bristles.
As a proper noun Bristle is
bristol, England (in imitation of the local dialect.
twistle |
thistle |
As nouns the difference between twistle and thistle
is that
twistle is a boundary stream while
thistle is any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera
Cirsium,
Carduus,
Cynara or genus: Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
whistle |
thistle |
As nouns the difference between whistle and thistle
is that
whistle is a device designed to be placed in the mouth in order, or driven by steam or otherwise, to make a whistling sound while
thistle is any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera
cirsium'', ''carduus'', ''cynara or , having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
As a verb whistle
is (ambitransitive) to make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth to produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
thistle |
starthistle |
As nouns the difference between thistle and starthistle
is that
thistle is any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera
cirsium'', ''carduus'', ''cynara or , having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts while
starthistle is any of the genus
centaurea of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants.
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