thistle

  1. 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.
  2. Noun.  This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
  3. Noun.  The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.

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