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Definition of Thistle
Thistle

Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants.

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Thistle Quotations

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
Abraham Lincoln

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Abraham Lincoln

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Abraham Lincoln

Thistle Translations

thistle in French is chardon
thistle in German is Distel
thistle in Italian is cardo
thistle in Spanish is cardo
thistle in Swedish is tistel


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