| 单词 | scotch thistle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch thistle Scotch thistle n. any of several thistles considered to be that used as the emblem of Scotland, variously identified as the spear thistle ( Cirsium vulgare), the musk thistle ( Carduus nutans), the cotton thistle ( Onopordum acanthium), and other similar plants; cf. thistle n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Compositae (composite plants) > [noun] > thistles thistlec725 carduea1398 wolf's-thistlea1400 cardoona1425 wolf-thistle1526 cotton-thistle1548 gum-thistle1548 oat thistle1548 black chameleon1551 ixia1551 Saint Mary thistle1552 milk thistle1562 cow-thistle1565 bedeguar1578 carline1578 silver thistle1578 white chameleon1578 globe thistle1582 ball thistle1597 down thistle1597 friar's crown1597 lady's thistle1597 gummy thistle1598 man's blood1601 musk thistle1633 melancholy thistle1653 Scotch thistle1660 boar-thistle1714 spear- thistle1753 gentle thistle1760 woolly thistle1760 wool-thistle1769 bur-thistlea1796 Canada thistle1796 pine thistle1807 plume thistle1814 melancholy plume thistle1825 woolly-headed thistle1843 dog thistle1845 dwarf thistle1846 welted thistle1846 pixie glove1858 Mexican thistle1866 Syrian thistle1866 bull thistle1878 fish belly1878 fish-bone-thistle1882 green thistle1882 herringbone thistle1884 Californian thistle1891 winged thistle1915 fish-thistles- 1660 J. M. D. Lawson Upon Blessed Return Gracious Sovreign King Charles II (single sheet) Let the Scotch Thistle yield up all her down, To ease the Travels of the tossed Crown. 1705 tr. A. Cowley Plants in Wks. (1711) III. 367 Whilst the Scotch Thistle, with audacious Pride, Taking Advantage, gores your bleeding Side. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. III. 240 The handsome Cotton Thistle..is often cultivated under the name of the Scotch Thistle. 1905 Countryside 16 Sept. 285/1 It [sc. the musk thistle] is often referred to as the Scotch thistle, which it is not, this honour falling to the lot of the commonest of all the British thistles, Onopordom acanthium. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 355/2 Spear thistle, Cirsium vulgare, a common tall and upright thistle of cultivated and grazing land, is the most likely candidate for the true ‘Scotch thistle’. < as lemmas |
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