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Definition of Thistledown
1. Noun. Pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle.
Definition of Thistledown
1. Noun. The soft, feathery pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thistledown
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thistledown
Literary usage of Thistledown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handy Guide for Beggars: Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity; Being by Vachel Lindsay (1916)
"It burned to dust and air And smoke and rolling thistledown, Blowing everywhere.
"Follow the thistledown," she said, "Till doomsday if you dare, ..."
2. Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons, by John Aikin (1854)
"THE thistledown. Lightly soars the thistledown ; Lightly doth it float; Lightly
seeds of care are sown, Little do we note. Far and wide it flies, ..."
3. Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott (1855)
"LILY-BELL AND thistledown. ONCE upon a time, two little Fairies went out into
the world, to seek their fortune. thistledown was as gay and gallant a little ..."
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