thistle down
Airborne weed seeds
Thistledown is the light, fluffy material attached to thistle seeds that allows them to drift on the wind.
The wispy fibers form a delicate tuft that carries seeds far from the parent plant.
Thistledown suggests extreme lightness: The kitten was soft as thistledown.
Also spelled as two words: thistle down.
- fluffLight, soft fibers
- fairy dustMagical glittering particles
- seedsPlant embryos in casings
- seed headPlant's mature reproductive cluster
- floatingStaying atop liquid
wind · blown away · summer breeze · wisp · light as air · silky · feathery · dandelion · drift · airborne · pappus · light · soft · cotton wool · gossamer · breeze · scatter · prickly
- seed dispersaldispersal, seed dispersal, burrs, samara, tumbleweeds
- nature signstree rings, bird migration, animal behavior, cloud formations, rainbow
- windbornedandelion seed, pollen, spore, cottonwood fluff, samara
- bird neststwigs, nest, sticks, aerie, grass
- soft texturessoft, fuzz, fluffy, fluff, silky