thistle
Meanings
Plural: thistles
Noun
- any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
- Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
- This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
- An image of this plant used as a charge.
- The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English thistel, from Old English þistel, from Proto-West Germanic *þistil, from Proto-Germanic *þistilaz. *þīh- from *teyg-, which is a variant of Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to prick”); from this same Proto-Indo-European root comes English stick.
Cognates include Scots thrissel, German Distel, Dutch distel, and Old Norse and Icelandic þistill.
Scrabble Score: 10
thistle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordthistle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thistle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
thistle is a valid Words With Friends word