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Definition of Scotch thistle
1. Noun. Biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America.
Generic synonyms: Thistle
Group relationships: Genus Onopordon, Genus Onopordum, Onopordon, Onopordum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scotch Thistle
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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