Definizione monolingua

thistle

thistle (plural thistles)

1. Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version)^[1], Genesis 3:18:

     Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field [...].

2. This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
3. The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 324:

     Heres a passage which will please you: ‘It is said that when rich he twice refused the thistle.’

Definizione dizionario thistle

	cardo
	plant

cardo selvatico

Altri significati:

The national emblem of Scotland.

Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.

thistle (Cirsium spp.)