meadow thistle
noun
A West European thistle with purple flowers, Cirsium dissectum, found in marshes and bogs and in fields with damp peaty soil.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Ray (1627–1705), naturalist and theologian.
- alkalifiable
- alkali flat
- alkalify
- alkalifying
- alkaligen
- alkaligene
- alkaligenous
- alkali metal
- alkalimeter
- alkalimetric
- alkalimetrically
- alkalimetry
- alkaline
- alkaline air
- alkaline battery
- alkaline cell
- alkaline earth
- alkaline earth metal
- alkaline metal
- alkaline phosphatase
- alkalinity
- alkalinization
- alkalinous
- alkali salt
- alkalise