Phrase guide

cotton thistle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: woolly thistle, Scotch thistle, Onopordum acanthium, Onopordon acanthium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: thistle

History

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: bufassa — Onopordum acanthium
  • Catalan: cardiga — Onopordum acanthium
  • Catalan: pet d'ase — Onopordum acanthium
  • Catalan: cardassa — Onopordum acanthium
  • Old Czech: ostropezd — Onopordum acanthium
  • Old Czech: ostropes — Onopordum acanthium
  • Finnish: kruunuohdake — Onopordum acanthium
  • Finnish: okakruunuohdake — Onopordum acanthium
  • German: Eselsdistel — Onopordum acanthium
  • Ancient Greek: ὀνόπορδον (onópordon) — Onopordum acanthium
  • Macedonian: магарешки трн (magareški trn) — Onopordum acanthium
  • Polish: popłoch — Onopordum acanthium
  • Romanian: scai măgăresc — Onopordum acanthium
  • Russian: тата́рник (tatárnik) — Onopordum acanthium
  • Russian: чертополо́х (čertopolóx) — Onopordum acanthium
  • Serbo-Croatian: магарећи трн — Onopordum acanthium
  • Serbo-Croatian: магарећи чкаљ — Onopordum acanthium
  • Serbo-Croatian: magareći trn — Onopordum acanthium
  • Serbo-Croatian: magareći čkalj — Onopordum acanthium
  • Turkish: kocabaş — Onopordum acanthium
  • Ottoman Turkish: اشك دیكنی (eşek dikeni) — Onopordum acanthium
  • Ukrainian: татарник звичайний (tatarnyk zvyčajnyj) — Onopordum acanthium
  • Welsh: ysgallen gotwm — Onopordum acanthium