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globe thistle


globe thistle

noun

Definition of GLOBE THISTLE

: any of a genus (Echinops) of widely cultivated Asian and Mediterranean composite herbs with spiky globose blue or white flowers

First Known Use of GLOBE THISTLE

1597

Rhymes with GLOBE THISTLE

abyssal, bull thistle, cruise missile, dickcissel, dismissal, epistle, musk thistle, star thistle, wolf whistle

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