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单词 cow-thistle
释义 ˈcow-thistle Herb.
[See cow n.1 9.]
A name applied by early herbalists to a common species of thistle, Carduus lanceolatus or C. palustris.
Later writers sometimes use the word as a synonym of Sow-thistle, and esp. of Sonchus alpinus (Mulgedium) the Blue Alpine Sow-thistle.
1565–73Cooper Thesaurus, Scolymos..Some take it to be Cowthistle.1578Lyte Dodoens iv. lxxi. 535 Cooper calleth this [Wild Thistle] Wild Artichoke and Cowthistel.1605Breton I pray you Wks. (1879) 6 (D.) Like a mare that were knapping on a cow-thistle.1832Veg. Subst. Food 191 The Cow-Thistle (Sonchus alpinus)..grows spontaneously in Northumberland..The stem, which is milky, is peeled and eaten raw by the Laplanders.
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