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thistlelike — adjective resembling a thistle • Similar to: ↑armed * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : resembling a thistle … Useful english dictionary
thistle — thistlelike, adj. /this euhl/, n. 1. any of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, esp. of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum. 2. any of various other prickly plants. [bef. 900; ME thistel, OE; c. D distel, G… … Universalium
artichoke — /ahr ti chohk /, n. 1. a tall, thistlelike composite plant, Cynara scolymus, native to the Mediterranean region, of which the numerous scalelike bracts and receptacle of the immature flower head are eaten as a vegetable. 2. the large, rounded,… … Universalium
globe artichoke — noun 1. Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head • Syn: ↑artichoke, ↑artichoke plant, ↑Cynara scolymus • Hypernyms: ↑vegetable • Member Holonyms: ↑Cynara, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Scolymus — noun small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region • Syn: ↑genus Scolymus • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
artificial globe — Globe Globe (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.] 1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cynara Scolymus — Globe Globe (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.] 1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
G globosa — Globe Globe (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.] 1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Globe — (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.] 1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Globe amaranth — Globe Globe (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.] 1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
