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English
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Etymology
From Middle English wodethystyll, wodþistel, from Old English wuduþistel, equivalent to wood + thistle.
Noun
wood-thistle (plural wood-thistles)
- (botany) Synonym of tall thistle (Carduus altissimus, a.k.a. Cirsium altissimus)
2005, Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell, The Curse of the Gloamglozer, page 62:Within seconds the whole lot had taken on the appearance of a woodthistle's fluffy seedhead.