Thistle (disambiguation)

Thistle is a group of flowering plants.

Thistle may also refer to:

Places

• Thistle, Utah, United States, a ghost town
• Thistle oil field in the North Sea
• Thistle (drug consumption facility), a legal drug consumption facility in Glasgow, Scotland

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Thistle (novel), a 1957 novel by István Fekete
• The Thistle, a Scottish ladies' step dance
• Thistle TV, a local television station

Businesses

• Thistle Hotels
• Thistle Mining, a corporation once headed by David R. Beatty

People

• Thistle Yolette Harris (1902–1990), Australian botanist and conservationist
• Michael Thistle (born 1980), Australian cricketer
• Thomas Thistle (1853–1936), English clergyman and educator

Sports

Association football clubs

Australia

• Port Thistle S.C., originally Port Presbyterian Thistle S.C.

England

• Hereford Thistle F.C.

New Zealand

• Auckland Thistle
• Christchurch Thistle
• Gisborne Thistle
• Huntly Thistle
• Invercargill Thistle also known as Thistle FC
• Nelson Thistle
• Timaru Thistle

Scotland

• Ardeer Thistle F.C.
• Armadale Thistle F.C.
• Bathgate Thistle F.C.
• Buckie Thistle F.C.
• Bunillidh Thistle F.C.
• Burghead Thistle F.C.
• Dalkeith Thistle F.C.
• Dalry Thistle F.C.
• East Kilbride Thistle F.C.
• Ferranti Thistle F.C.
• Forres Thistle F.C.
• Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
• Inverness Thistle F.C.
• Kirriemuir Thistle F.C.
• Largs Thistle F.C.
• Larkhall Thistle F.C.
• Lothian Thistle F.C.
• Lugar Boswell Thistle F.C.
• Meadowbank Thistle F.C.
• Partick Thistle F.C.
• Scone Thistle F.C.
• Strathspey Thistle F.C.
• Thistle F.C.
• Wishaw Thistle F.C.

Other sports

• Thistles (women's cricket), a women's cricket team from South Africa

Watercraft

• Thistle (dinghy)
• Thistle (yacht)
• , the name of several Royal Navy ships
• USAHS Thistle, a hospital ship
• , the name of several U.S. Navy ships

Other uses

• Thistle (color)
• Thistle tube, a piece of laboratory glassware
• Order of the Thistle, an order of chivalry

See also

• Thistledown (disambiguation)
• Thistleton (disambiguation)