Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carline thistle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: car-line this-tle
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of about 30 species of thistles in the genus Carlina and certain other closely related genera.

Etymology

From a legend that an angel showed the root of one to Charlemagne as a remedy for a plague. See Carline.

Inflected Forms

carline thistles (plural)

Questions

What does carline thistle mean?: Any of about 30 species of thistles in the genus Carlina and certain other closely related genera.
Where does carline thistle come from?: From a legend that an angel showed the root of one to Charlemagne as a remedy for a plague. See Carline.

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