English Dictionary

thistle

/θɪsl̩/

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.

The thistle is a prickly plant that is often found in fields and meadows.

意味（1）

Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.

, Genesis 3:18:

, Genesis 3:18: Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ….

意味（2）

This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.

意味（3）

(heraldry) This plant used as a charge.

意味（4）

The Order of the Thistle, or membership thereof.

Here's a passage which will please you: ‘It is said that when rich he twice refused the thistle.’