thistle meaning

Definition of thistle

1. any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves

   Type of: weed

   Kinds: welted thistle, musk thistle, carline thistle, plume thistle, field thistle, melancholy thistle, blessed thistle, cotton thistle, golden thistle

How to pronounce thistle

thistle is pronounced /ˈθɪsəl/ in British English and /ˈθɪsəl/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with thistle

• whistle
• bristle
• missile
• dismissal
• missal
• epistle
• fissile
• gristle