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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wood-thistle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
wood-this-tle
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus)

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English wodethystyll, wodþistel, from Old English wuduþistel, equivalent to wood + thistle.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: wodethystyll, wuduþistel

Inflected Forms

wood-thistles (plural) woodthistle (alternative) wood thistle (alternative)

Synonyms

tall thistle

Questions

What does wood-thistle mean?
Synonym of tall thistle (Cirsium altissimus, syn. Carduus altissimus)
Where does wood-thistle come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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