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 its allure is being winnowed away by the noxious Russian thistle, the spread of which is entirely the fault of the ceaseless and unforgiving prairie wind.

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

Within three months of taking milk thistle plus a statin, my numbers were down to normal.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

He muttered something about Hazel being too embleer clever by half, cuffed Hawkbit off a sow thistle he was nibbling and led his five rabbits over the bank into the field.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams