Sentence example with the word 'thistles'

thistles

Last update: August 24, 2015


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Quercus Ilex, the evergreen oak of southern Europe, is found in forests as far east as the Sutlej, accompanied with other European forms. In the higher parts of Afghanistan and Persia Boraginaceae and thistles abound; gigantic Umbelliferae, such as Ferula, Galbanum, Dorema, Bubon, Peucedanum, Prangos, and others, also characterize the same districts, and some of them extend into Tibet.   [Please select]

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"I do not expect grapes from thistles, or a silk purse from a sow's ear."   [Please select]

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Overgrown with thistles and rank weeds, in the centre of which a leafy lime tree reared itself.   [Please select]

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In one window was an old brown pitcher, cracked and nicked, filled with thistles.   [Please select]

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The rabbit-bush made golden patches everywhere, while purple asters and great pink thistles lent their charm.   [Please select]

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Its mighty growth of thistles and centauries draws them all to me from everywhere around.   [Please select]

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The whole secret of my hunting is reduced to my dense nursery of thistles and centauries.   [Please select]

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