English Explanatory Dictionary

wood-thistle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus)

Word forms

wood-thistle wood-thistles woodthistle wood thistle

Etymology

From Middle English wodethystyll, wodþistel, from Old English wuduþistel, equivalent to wood + thistle.

Synonyms

tall thistle
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