thistle
— Noun
– English
~ any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
thistledown
— Noun
– English
~ pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle
thistlelike
— Adjective
– English
~ resembling a thistle