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this·tle \ˈthisəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English thistel, from Old English; akin to Old High German distil thistle, Old Norse thistill, and perhaps to Sanskrit tejate it is sharp — more at stick 1. a. (1) : any of various prickly plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordon that are often segregated in the separate family Carduaceae — see scotch thistle (2) : any of various similar plants of other sections of the family Compositae — see sow thistle b. : any of various prickly plants of families other than Compositae — usually used with a qualifying adjective; see russian thistle 2. usually capitalized : membership in the Scottish Order of the Thistle 3. : cobalt violet 2
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