Definition of Thistledown

1. Noun. Pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle.

Generic synonyms: Pappus

Definition of Thistledown

1. Noun. The soft, feathery pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thistledown

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thistledown

this minute
this morning
this night
this one
this time
this way
thisaway
thisclose
thisness
thisnesses
thissun
thistle
thistle sage
thistle tube
thistledown (current term)
thistledowns
thistlelike
thistles
thistlewarp
thistlewarps
thistlier
thistliest
thistly
thithermost
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
thitsee

Literary usage of Thistledown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handy Guide for Beggars: Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity; Being by Vachel Lindsay (1916)
"It burned to dust and air And smoke and rolling thistledown, Blowing everywhere. "Follow the thistledown," she said, "Till doomsday if you dare, ..."

2. Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons, by John Aikin (1854)
"THE thistledown. Lightly soars the thistledown ; Lightly doth it float; Lightly seeds of care are sown, Little do we note. Far and wide it flies, ..."

3. Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott (1855)
"LILY-BELL AND thistledown. ONCE upon a time, two little Fairies went out into the world, to seek their fortune. thistledown was as gay and gallant a little ..."

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