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Onopordon acanthium
Scotch Scotch, a. [Cf. Scottish.] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom. Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zo["o]l.), the bufflehead; -- called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman. Scotch fiddle, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott. Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain. Scotch nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] Scotch pebble. See under pebble. Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir. Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle (Onopordon acanthium); -- so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch.

Meaning of Acanthium from wikipedia

- Lepidoptera species including Coleophora onopordiella (feeds exclusively on O. acanthium). In the Gr**** island of Crete a native species called agriagginara (αγριαγγινάρα)...
- Onopordum acanthium (cotton thistle, Scotch (or Scottish) thistle) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe and Western Asia...
- variegated thistle and Scotch thistle (not to be confused with Onopordum acanthium or Cirsium vulgare). This species is an annual or biennial plant of the...
- legend is disputed. Po****r modern usage favours cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium), perhaps because of its more imposing appearance, though it is not native...
- early star-of-Bethlehem (Gagea bohemica), cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium), motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) and patience dock (Rumex patientia)....
- snake-eater, Polemon acanthias cotton thistle, Onopordum acanthium acanthus – acanthias – acantha – acanthium acaulis G, L stemless silver thistle, Carlina acaulis;...
- seeds. In Bulgaria, the collapse of the drying cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium) stems on which the birds build their nests has caused high mortality;...
- Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum (N) Onoclea sensibilis (N) Onopordum acanthium (I) Onosmodium bejariense var. hispidissimum (N) Ophioglossum engelmannii...
- (gray willow) Salix × fragilis (crack willow) Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium) Smilax (Asparagus asparagoides) Sycamore (Acer pseudoplat****) Tradescantia...
- Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum (N) Onoclea sensibilis (N) Onopordum acanthium (I) Onosmodium bejariense var. hispidissimum (N) Ophioglossum engelmannii...