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Creeping Thistle

Definition: Creeping Thistle

Creeping Thistle

Noun

1. European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed.

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


Synonyms: Creeping Thistle

Synonyms: Canada thistle (n), Cirsium arvense (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Creeping Thistle

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

Danish

  

agertidsel (Canada thistle, corn thistle). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

akkerdistel (Canada thistle, corn thistle). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pelto-ohdake (Canada thistle, corn thistle). (various references)

   

French

  

cirse des champs, chardon vulgaire, sarrette des champs. (various references)

   

German

  

Ackerkratzdistel (Canada thistle, corn thistle), Ackerdistel (Canada thistle, corn thistle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κάρδος ο αρουραίος (Canada thistle, corn thistle), κίρσιον το αρουραίον (Canada thistle, corn thistle), μπαμπακιά (Canada thistle, corn thistle). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

mezei bogáncs (cursed thistle). (various references)

   

Italian

  

cardo emorroidale (Canada thistle, corn thistle), stoppione (Canada thistle, corn thistle). (various references)

   

Manx

  

onnane veg. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eepingcray istlethay

   

Spanish

  

cardo cundidor (Canada thistle, corn thistle), cardo condidor (Canada thistle, corn thistle), cardo borriquero (Canada thistle, corn thistle, cotton thistle, Scotch thistle), aprepunos burrero (Canada thistle, corn thistle). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

åkertistel (Canada thistle, corn thistle). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

devedikeni (golden thistle, sawwort, thistle). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Creeping Thistle

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Cirsium arvense. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Creeping Thistle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-g-h-i-i-l-n-p-r-s-t-t"

-3 letters: chitterlings, preselecting.

-4 letters: centiliters, percentiles, pheneticist, preelecting, princeliest, resplitting, restitching, stringpiece.

-5 letters: celerities, centiliter, chittering, energetics, entireties, epenthetic, epicenters, epigenetic, eternities, geneticist, intercepts, interstice, legerities, leistering, lengthiest, letterings, lienteries, lighteners, neglecters, nephelites, percentile, pestilence, philtering, prehensile, prelecting, presetting, preslicing, pretesting, princelets, receipting, recipients, reelecting, resettling, resilience, respecting, resplicing, retightens, sceptering, sheltering, singletree, slithering.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Translations: Ancient
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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