Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

starthistle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
starthis-tle
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Centaurea of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants.

Etymology

From star + thistle.

Inflected Forms

starthistles (plural) star thistle (alternative) star-thistle (alternative)

Phrases

American starthistle golden starthistle Iberian starthistle Maltese starthistle purple starthistle red starthistle rough starthistle yellow starthistle

Questions

What does starthistle mean?
Any of the genus Centaurea of herbaceous thistle-like flowering plants.
Where does starthistle come from?
From star + thistle.

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