Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tumble thistle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables: tum-ble this-tle
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thistle-like herb of genus Gundelia, especially species Gundelia tournefortii, native to the Middle East, the seedpods of which break off and disperse by tumbling across the ground.

Inflected Forms

tumble thistles (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

tumbleweed

Questions

What does tumble thistle mean?: A thistle-like herb of genus Gundelia, especially species Gundelia tournefortii, native to the Middle East, the seedpods of which break off and disperse by tumbling across the ground.

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