golden thistle

1. 1.

   any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads

   Broaderthistle

   NarrowerSpanish oyster plant

   Part ofScolymus

Questions about golden thistle

What does golden thistle mean?

golden thistle means "any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads".

Is golden thistle a common word?

golden thistle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.