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Definition: Holy Thistle |
Holy ThistleNoun1. Tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Holy ThistleSynonyms: blessed thistle (n), lady's thistle (n), milk thistle (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "holy thistle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | marietidsel (milk thistle), maelketidsel (milk thistle). (various references) | |
Dutch | mariadistel (milk thistle). (various references) | |
Finnish | maarianohdake (milk thistle). (various references) | |
French | chardon Notre-Dame, chardon Marie. (various references) | |
German | Mariendistel (milk thistle). (various references) | |
Greek | κουφάγκαθο (milk thistle), σίλυβον το μαριανόν (milk thistle), γαϊδουράγκαθο (thistle), αγκάβατος (milk thistle). (various references) | |
Italian | sylibum marianum (milk thistle), cardo asinino (bull thistle, fuller's thistle, milk thistle, spear thistle). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | olyhay istlethay.(various references) | |
Swedish | mariatistel (milk thistle). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Silybum marianum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-h-i-l-l-o-s-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: hostilely. | |
-4 letters: eoliths, hellish, hilloes, holiest, hollies, hostile, hottish, isohyet, lithely, lithest, litotes, littles, stylite, testily, thistle, thistly, toilets. | |
-5 letters: eolith, ethyls, helios, hellos, helots, hillos, holies, holily, holist, hostel, hostly, hotels, hoyles, illest, isohel, listel, lithos, little, lottes, shelly, shelty, shtetl, solely, stilly, stithy, stylet, tellys, theist, thills, thiols, tholes, tilths, tithes. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-h-i-l-l-o-s-t-t-y" | |
+3 letters: anthophyllites. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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