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Blessed Thistle

Definitions: Blessed Thistle

Blessed Thistle

Noun

1. Tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America.

2. Annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Blessed Thistle

Synonyms: holy thistle (n), lady's thistle (n), milk thistle (n), sweet sultan (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Blessed Thistle

English words defined with "blessed thistle": Cnicus ♦ genus Cnicus ♦ holy thistle. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Blessed Thistle

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Blessed Thistle

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  blessed thistle

37

  blessed thistle herb

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Blessed Thistle

Language Translations for "blessed thistle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

benediktinertidsel, apotekertidsel. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gezegende distel. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

karvasohdake. (various references)

   

French

  

chardon bénit. (various references)

   

German

  

Benediktenkraut, Benediktenkarde. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κνίκος η ιεράκανθα, κνίκος η ιεράγκαθα, καλάγκαθο. (various references)

   

Italian

  

cnicus, cardo santo. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

essedblay istlethay

   

Swedish

  

kardbenedikt. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Blessed Thistle

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Cnicus benedictus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Blessed Thistle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-e-h-i-l-l-s-s-s-t-t"

-4 letters: blessedest.

-5 letters: bedsheets, belittled, belittles, bheesties, shelliest, sleetiest, steeliest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Blessed Thistle


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 6C 65 73 73 65 64      54 68 69 73 74 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101100 01100101 01110011 01110011 01100101 01100100 00100000 01010100 01101000 01101001 01110011 01110100 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#108 &#101 &#115 &#115 &#101 &#100 &#32 &#84 &#104 &#105 &#115 &#116 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 006C 0065 0073 0073 0065 0064      0054 0068 0069 0073 0074 006C 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36787185857170254747585867871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow 		5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams 		9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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