Scotch thistle
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Clutching her teddy bear, the curly-haired Princess sits upon Newfoundland's new stamp between a Scotch thistle and an English rose.
From Time Magazine Archive
Scotch kale, a variety of kale; Scotch mist, a mist like fine rain; Scotch pebbles, varieties of agate and jasper; Scotch thistle, the national emblem of Scotland.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
When Australia was first colonised, any sensible man might have foreboded sorrel, cockspur, Scotch thistle, &c., as unwelcome, but unavoidable, adjuncts of settlement.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
The Scotch thistle seemed likely at one stage to usurp the whole grass country.
From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember
Each morning she would twine a Scotch thistle in her hair, and pin a spray of burdock at her heart.
From Nonsense Novels by Leacock, Stephen
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