HyperDic: thistledown

English > 1 sense of the word thistledown:
NOUNplantthistledownpappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle
English > thistledown: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningpappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle.
Broaderpappuscalyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
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