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thistle

Thistle vs X - What's the difference?

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 vs Undefined - What's the difference?

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 vs Thistle - What's the difference?

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 vs Poppy - What's the difference?

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 vs Thorn - What's the difference?

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 - What does it mean?

thistle | |

Thistle vs Bristle - What's the difference?

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 vs Thistle - What's the difference?

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 vs Thistle - What's the difference?

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 vs Starthistle - What's the difference?

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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