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globe thistle

noun

Definition of GLOBE THISTLE

: any of a genus (Echinops) of widely cultivated Asian and Mediterranean composite herbs with spiky globose blue or white flowers

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First Known Use of GLOBE THISTLE

1597

Rhymes with GLOBE THISTLE

abyssal, bull thistle, cruise missile, dickcissel, dismissal, epistle, musk thistle, star thistle, wolf whistle

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