Definition of Scotch thistle

1. Noun. Biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Scotch Thistle

Scotch egg
Scotch eggs
Scotch fillet
Scotch fillets
Scotch finger
Scotch fir
Scotch gale
Scotch hands
Scotch kiss
Scotch laburnum
Scotch marigold
Scotch pancake
Scotch pine
Scotch tape
Scotch terrier
Scotch thistle (current term)
Scotch whiskey
Scotch whiskies
Scotch whisky
Scotch woodcock
Scotches
Scotchman
Scotchmen
Scotchwoman
Scotchwomen
Scotish
Scotism
Scotist
Scotists
Scotland

Literary usage of Scotch thistle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"The Scotch thistle will probably never be a weed of the first importance in ... Scotch thistle was advertised in Germany in 1894 as a horticultural novelty. ..."

2. Labor Copartnership: Notes of a Visit to Co-operative Workshops, Factories by Henry Demarest Lloyd (1898)
"... CHAPTER XV THE Scotch thistle In giving a share of profits and management to its working people, the Scottish Wholesale is simply carrying further the ..."

3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"Scotch thistle. The species originally intended as the national emblem of Scotland has been the subject of much discussion. Dr. George Johnston, in his ..."

4. Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics: Embracing the Myths, Traditions by Richard Folkard (1884)
"This is sometimes called the Scotch thistle, but it is not so : it grows on the rocky cliffs near Dumbarton Castle, where, if tradition be true, ..."

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