thistle
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Among England's Tudor rose, Scotland's thistle, the Welsh leek and the Irish shamrock are the Canadian maple leaf and India's lotus flower.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
But Russian thistle is a monstrous piece of botanical grotesquerie, loathed by all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Researchers from the University of Cologne have found a new use for Cnicin, a substance produced in blessed thistle.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024
A Marin County park ranger was visiting her in-laws two weeks ago when she spotted a baby hummingbird hovering over a thistle in their backyard — or so she thought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
She watched a caterpillar inching along the foot of an immature thistle.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
He wears goggles to protect them from brambles and thistles.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2024
Push brooms wiped off months of dust and dirt from headstones, while weed wackers and lawn mowers contended with dandelions, thistles and crabgrass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
Most thistles are weeds that are extremely prickly but have beautiful flowers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Modern cheesemakers in countries other than France often use other sources of rennet, such as microbial rennet derived from fungi or vegetal rennet from thistles, to coagulate their cheeses.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2023
Brittle thistles and fluffy grass'd grown elbow-high, so you waded rather than walked.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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