Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cotton thistle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: cot-ton this-tle
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various flowering plants in the genus Onopordum of the family Asteraceae, especially Onopordum acanthium.

Inflected Forms

cotton thistles (plural) cottonthistle (alternative)

Synonyms

woolly thistle scotch thistle onopordum acanthium onopordon acanthium

Questions

What does cotton thistle mean?: Any of various flowering plants in the genus Onopordum of the family Asteraceae, especially Onopordum acanthium.

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