thistle
- Noun. Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera ''Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara ''or'' Onopordum'', having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
- Noun. This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
- Noun. The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.
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