thistledown

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] a very light soft substance that contains THISTLE seeds and is blown from THISTLES by the wind: as light as thistledown

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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thistledownEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary thistledownEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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