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sow thistle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsaʊ ˌθɪsl̩/

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of the thistles in one of the genera Cicerbita and Sonchus.
   • The decoction of the roots of sow-thistle before meat, by the same author is much approved. 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection vi:

Forms

Deriveds

spiny sow thistle · field sow thistle · common sow thistle · creeping sow thistle · perennial European sow thistle · prickly sow thistle · alpine blue sowthistle

Translations (50)

ar جَعْضِيض (thistle) · ru осо́т (thistle) · da svinedild (thistle) · eu kardabera (thistle) · no turt (thistle) · grc σόγχος (thistle) · ar تِفَاف (thistle) · no tort (thistle) · ca lletsó (thistle) · es cerraja (thistle) · sv torta (thistle) · hy իշամառոլ (thistle) · tr kuzugevreği (thistle) · de Milchlattich (thistle) · nl melkdistel (thistle) · fi valvatti (thistle) · it sonco (thistle) · mi raurōroa (thistle) · mi pūwhā (thistle) · pl mlecz (thistle) · pdt Säajenkool (thistle) · bg кострец (thistle) · cmn 荼 (thistle) · xmf ბურცხალე (thistle) · no turta (thistle) · tr eşek marulu (thistle) · fr laiteron (thistle) · de Saudistel (thistle) · nan-hbl 荼 (thistle) · sv tolta (thistle) · da svinemælk (thistle) · hy կաթնբեկ (thistle) · fi sinivalvatti (thistle) · da turt (thistle) · gd cluaran-cruaidh (thistle) · it crespigno (thistle) · uk осо́т (thistle) · da svinetidsel (thistle) · no torta (thistle) · xmf გინიში ჯონჯღო (thistle) · de Gänsedistel (thistle) · ga bleachtfheochadán (thistle) · ga bainne muice (thistle) · xmf გინიშ ჯღონჯღო (thistle) · ga bleachtán (thistle) · mi rauriki (thistle) · ka ღიჭა (thistle) · ga slóchtán (thistle) · mi pūhā (thistle) · el ζοχός (thistle)