thistle

Example Sentences

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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

Q: I am wondering why you do not talk more about the benefits of milk thistle for high cholesterol.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

It had a hole I could stick my thumb through, and bits of thistle somehow poked through the stitches.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff