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A thistle is a prickly plant of several
genera, such as Carduus, Carlina, Onopordum,
and Cirsium, in the family Compositae. The
stems are spiny, the flower heads purple,
white, or yellow and cottony, and the leaves
deeply indented with prickly margins. It is
also Scotlands national emblem.
Subject by: Vince Pike