THISTLELIKE

Meaning of THISTLELIKE in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective

: resembling a thistle

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ARTICHOKE — Large, coarse, herbaceous, thistlelike perennial plant ( Cynara scolymus ) of the composite family . The thick edible scales and …
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SCOLYMUS — ˈskäləməs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin scolymos, a kind of thistle, from Greek skolymos : a small …
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CARDOON — (ˈ)kär|dün, -kȧ|d- noun or car·don -ōn ( -s ) Etymology: French cardon, from Late Latin cardon-, cardo thistle, from cardus, …
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THISTLE — — thistlelike , adj. /this"euhl/ , n. 1. any of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, esp. …
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SPANISH OYSTER PLANT — a composite plant, Scolymus hispanicus, of southern Europe, having spiny, thistlelike leaf margins, small yellow flowers, and an edible root. …
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SOW THISTLE — /sow/ any composite plant belonging to the genus Sonchus, esp. S. oleraceus, a weed having thistlelike leaves, yellow flowers, and …
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SAFFLOWER — /saf"low'euhr/ , n. 1. a thistlelike composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius, native to the Old World, having finely toothed leaves and …
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GLOBE THISTLE — any of various Old World, thistlelike, composite plants of the genus Echinops, having dense heads of tubular blue or white …
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ARTICHOKE — /ahr"ti chohk'/ , n. 1. a tall, thistlelike composite plant, Cynara scolymus, native to the Mediterranean region, of which the …
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CARDOON — (Cynara cardunculus), thistlelike perennial herb of the family Asteraceae, native to southern Europe and North Africa, where it is used …
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ARTICHOKE — also called French, or Globe, Artichoke, large, coarse, herbaceous, thistlelike perennial plant (Cynara scolymus) of the Asteraceae family. The thick …
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DIPSACALES — the teasel order of flowering plants, belonging to the class known as dicotyledon (q.v.; characterized by two seed leaves). It …
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ARTICHOKE — n. Large, coarse, herbaceous, thistlelike perennial plant ( Cynara scolymus ) of the composite family . The thick edible scales …
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