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A computer screen showing a background wallpaper photo of the Palace of Versailles A wallpaper from fractal. A wallpaper or background (also known as a desktop background, desktop picture or desktop image on computers) is a digital image (photo, drawing etc.) used as a decorative background of a graphical user interface on the screen of a computer, smartphone or other electronic device.
Theophilus Thistle is the title of a famous tongue-twister, of which there are multiple versions. One version reads as: Theophilus Thistle, the thistle sifter, In sifting a sieve full of un-sifted thistles, Thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb. Now if Theophilus Thistle, the successful thistle sifter,
Milk thistle flowerhead Cirsium arizonicum, showing arachnoid cobwebbiness on stems and leaves, with ants attending aphids that might be taking advantage of the shelter. Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterized by leaves with sharp spikes on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all ...
The Cardueae are a tribe of flowering plants in the daisy family and the subfamily Carduoideae. [5] Most of them are commonly known as thistles; [6] four of the best known genera are Carduus, [7] Cynara (containing the widely eaten artichoke), Cirsium, [7] and Onopordum.
Silybum marianum is a species of thistle.It has various common names including milk thistle, [1] blessed milkthistle, [2] Marian thistle, Mary thistle, Saint Mary's thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, variegated thistle and Scotch thistle (not to be confused with Onopordum acanthium or Cirsium vulgare).
Carduus acanthoides, known as the spiny plumeless thistle, welted thistle, or plumeless thistle, is a biennial plant species of thistle in the family Asteraceae. The plant is native to Europe and Asia and introduced in many other areas, where it is sometimes considered an invasive species .
Cirsium andersonii is a North American species of thistle known by the common names Anderson's thistle and rose thistle. It is native to California , Oregon, and Nevada , where it grows in the woodlands and forest openings of the local high mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada and the southern Cascade Range .
The genus Carthamus, the distaff thistles, includes plants in the family Asteraceae. [4] The group is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia. [3] [5] The flower has been used since ancient times in the Philippines, which it has been called kasubha by the Tagalog people. [6] The best known species is the safflower (Carthamus ...