thistle
Example Sentences
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Among England's Tudor rose, Scotland's thistle, the Welsh leek and the Irish shamrock are the Canadian maple leaf and India's lotus flower.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025
And since each sphere, though itself dead, seldom carries fewer than 150,000 fertile seeds, and sometimes as many as a quarter of a million, every tumbler leaves a vast wake of potential Russian thistle plants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
Researchers from the University of Cologne have found a new use for Cnicin, a substance produced in blessed thistle.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024
As the soil dries, the thistle dies and detaches from the root.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024
Clumps of thistle and slight ground hummocks would be his only cover.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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