Thistledown
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Thistledown is:
- The soft feathery material which protects the fruiting part of a thistleThistleThistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles often occur all over the plant – on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves. These are an adaptation that protects the...
. - ThistledownThistledown (film)Thistledown is a 1938 British musical film produced by Irving Asher, directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Aino Bergo, Keith Falkner, Athole Stewart, Sharon Lynn and Amy Veness...
, a 1938 British musical film - One of the servers in which the Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Game Asheron's CallAsheron's CallAsheron's Call is a fantasy MMORPG for Microsoft Windows-based PCs developed and published by Turbine Entertainment. It was published by Microsoft until 2004. Asheron's Call is set on the continent of Dereth and its surrounding islands on the fictional planet of Auberean...
takes place, with characters you create, set in the fictional land of Dereth. - The name of the giant asteroid starship which serves as a venue for some of the action in science fiction author Greg BearGreg BearGregory Dale Bear is an American science fiction and mainstream author. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict , artificial universes , consciousness and cultural practices , and accelerated evolution...
's The WayThe Way (Greg Bear)The Way fictional universe is a trilogy of science fiction novels and one short story by Greg Bear. The first novel was Eon , followed by a sequel, Eternity and a prequel, Legacy...
fictional universe (EonEon (novel)Eon is a 1985 science fiction novel by Greg Bear. It is the first story written in The Way fictional universe.Events in Eon take place in 2005, when the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. are on the verge of nuclear war. In that tense political climate, a 290 km asteroid appears within the solar system...
, EternityEternity (novel)Eternity is a science fiction novel by Greg Bear. It is the second book in his The Way series, dealing largely with the aftermath of the decision to split Axis City and abandon the Way in the preceding book, Eon.-Plot summary:...
, Legacy). - The name of a fairie, a character in the book Flower Fables written by Louisa May AlcottLouisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Little Women was set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, and published in 1868...
. - Thistledown Racecourse, a thoroughbred racing track in North Randall, Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Thisltedown, a name of a village in the online RPG Hammerfall.
- Thistledown, an environmental educational centre and green campsite near Stroud, Gloucestershire