thistle

Example Sentences

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Adidas' iconic three stripes feature along the shoulders and down the sleeves and a purple and green thistle motif, symbolising Scotland's national flower, is on the reverse collar.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

But Russian thistle is a monstrous piece of botanical grotesquerie, loathed by all.

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

She displayed a prickly bouquet of thistle blossoms.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder