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thistle

/this-uhl/US // ˈθɪs əl //UK // (ˈθɪsəl) //

蓟草,奶蓟草,薊圖案,草莓

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various prickly, composite plants having showy, purple flower heads, especially of the genera Cirsium, Carduus, or Onopordum.
    • : any of various other prickly plants.

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Examples

  • Walking on, he sees another thistle, downtrodden, but still firmly planted and defiantly thriving.

  • The case was different in 'Thistle's' year, that vessel having a really splendid lot of sticks.

  • Lady Baird has sent the veil, and a wonderful diamond thistle to pin it on,—a jewel fit for a princess!

  • So saying, he again relapsed into silence, and commenced whipping at the thistle tops and dandelions.

  • From holy or blessed thistle (Carduus Benedictus) by displacement with cold water.

  • Suddenly Polly broke away, pulled up an iron-weed growing on the road-side, and fell to whipping a large purple thistle.