Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TORCH'-THIS-TLE
TORCH'-THIS-TLE, n.
A plant of the genus Cereus. Lee. The common name of a genus of the order CactaceƦ, called cereus, from cera, wax, from the resemblance of the stems to a wax candle. Torch-thistle is from the prickly stems, used by the Indians for torches. Cyc.
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