Usually means: Light, fluffy seeds of thistles.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word thistledown:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. thistledown: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. thistledown: Merriam-Webster
  3. thistledown: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. thistledown: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. thistledown: Collins English Dictionary
  6. thistledown: Vocabulary.com
  7. Thistledown, thistledown: Wordnik
  8. thistledown: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. thistledown: Wiktionary
  10. thistledown: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. thistledown: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. thistledown: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. thistledown: Dictionary.com
  14. Thistledown (film), Thistledown: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. thistledown: Rhymezone
  16. thistledown: FreeDictionary.org
  17. thistledown: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. thistledown: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thistledown: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. thistledown, thistledown: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. thistledown: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The soft, feathery pappus attached to the seeds of a thistle.

Similar:
thornlet, thistle button, way thistle, thistle, tumble thistle, nodding thistle, plumed thistle, dwarf thistle, stemless thistle, thornery, more...

Opposite:
down, fluff, fuzz, feather

Types:
down, fluff, fiber, lint, wool, more...

Adjectives:
white, blown, red, much, large, save, little, golden, dry, big, bright

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Similar:
thornlet, thistle button, way thistle, thistle, tumble thistle, nodding thistle, plumed thistle, dwarf thistle, stemless thistle, thornery, more...

Opposite:
down, fluff, fuzz, feather

Types:
down, fluff, fiber, lint, wool, more...

Adjectives:
white, blown, red, much, large, save, little, golden, dry, big, bright



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