Scotch thistle Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America
woolly thistle; Onopordon acanthium; cotton thistle; Onopordum acanthium.
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- either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; all used national emblems of Scotland.
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(Bot.) , a species of thistle (Onopordon acanthium ); so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch.
