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Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus)

   "Within seconds the whole lot had taken on the appearance of a woodthistle's fluffy seedhead."

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tall thistle

Example

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"Within seconds the whole lot had taken on the appearance of a woodthistle's fluffy seedhead."

Etymology

From Middle English wodethystyll, wodþistel, from Old English wuduþistel, equivalent to wood + thistle.

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