Usually means: Spiky plant with purple flowers.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word thistle:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. thistle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. thistle: Merriam-Webster
  3. thistle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. thistle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. thistle, the Thistle: Collins English Dictionary
  6. thistle: Vocabulary.com
  7. Thistle, thistle: Wordnik
  8. thistle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Thistle, thistle: Wiktionary
  10. thistle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. thistle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. thistle: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Thistle, thistle: Dictionary.com
  14. thistle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. thistle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Thistle (color), Thistle (dinghy), Thistle (disambiguation), Thistle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Thistle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. thistle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. thistle: Rhymezone
  20. Thistle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. thistle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Thistle: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. thistle: FreeDictionary.org
  24. thistle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. thistle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. thistle: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thistle: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  3. thistle: Medical dictionary

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Thistle: Easton Bible
  2. Thistle: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Thistle: Dictionary of Horticultural Terms

(Note: See thistles as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
noun:  This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
noun:  (heraldry) This plant used as a charge.
noun:  The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.
noun:  A surname.

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