Definitions for sow-thistle

sow-thistle sow thistle

Spelling: [sou]
IPA: /saʊ/

Sow-Thistle is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 485 anagrams from letters in sow-thistle (-ehilossttw).

Definitions for sow-thistle

noun

  1. any composite plant belonging to the genus Sonchus, especially S. oleraceus, a weed having thistlelike leaves, yellow flowers, and a milky juice.

Origin of sow-thistle

1200-50; Middle English sowethistel, earlier sugethistel. See sow2, thistle

Examples for sow-thistle

The sow thistle, a plant that occurs in almost every part of the world, was nothing different here from its usual habit in Europe.

Many grasslands have a stand of dandelions; sow thistle, wild lettuce, and ragweed were also common in some grasslands.

The channel had become filled with reeds, and great quantities of enormous milk or sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceous).

Word Value for sow-thistle
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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