Thistle
Common name of a group of flowering plants
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Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterized by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the plantΒ β on the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves. These prickles protect the plant from herbivores. Typically, an involucre with a clasping shape similar to a cup or urn subtends each of a thistle's flower heads. The typically feathery pappus of a ripe thistle flower is known as thistle-down.
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Thistle needed cup tie & fan donation to pay wagesPartick Thistle could only pay their players' wages last season because of revenue from a cup tie at Rangers and investment from a supporter.BBC Sport - Published | |
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'Nice gesture' as Rangers let Thistle scoreFormer Rangers winger Neil McCann applauds the decision to allow Partick Thistle an equaliser after a moment of controversy in Sunday's Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox.BBC Sport - Published | Holders Rangers host Thistle in Scottish Cup last 16Holders Rangers will host Championship side Partick Thistle in the last 16 of the Scottish Cup.BBC Sport - Published |