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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shore thistle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables
shore this-tle
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any thistle of genus Carduus found along a shore, known to cause poisoning of ruminants.

Uncountable

noun

A thistle of the species Carduus tenuiflorus.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

shore thistles (plural)

Synonyms

sheep thistle slender thistle slender-flower thistle winged slender thistle winged thistle

Questions

What does shore thistle mean?
Any thistle of genus Carduus found along a shore, known to cause poisoning of ruminants.

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