Scotch thistle

noun

1

: any of several European thistles

2

[so called from its use as the national emblem of Scotland] : cotton thistle

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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Rhymes for Scotch thistle

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