"thistleball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thistleballs [plural]
Etymology: thistle + ball Etymology templates: {{com|en|thistle|ball}} thistle + ball Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} thistleball (countable and uncountable, plural thistleballs)
  1. (countable) A spherical thistle. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-thistleball-en-noun-db4VoPQ1
  2. (uncountable, nonce word) Thistledown. Tags: nonce-word, uncountable
    Sense id: en-thistleball-en-noun-Xd7uTaWR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

Inflected forms

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