Meanings
plural wood-thistles · alternative woodthistle · alternative wood thistle
- biologySynonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus)
Within seconds the whole lot had taken on the appearance of a woodthistle's fluffy seedhead.
2005, Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, The Curse of the Gloamglozer, page 62Synonyms: tall thistle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus)
Origin
- Old Englishwuduþistel
- Middle Englishwodethystyll
- Englishwood-thistle
From Middle English wodethystyll, wodþistel, from Old English wuduþistel, equivalent to wood + thistle.
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