| 单词 | spanish oyster plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSpanish oyster plant Spanish oyster plant n. a spiny Mediterranean plant of the genus Scolymus (family Compositae) with winged stems, deeply cut leaves, and yellow-rayed flowers, esp. S. hispanicus, formerly cultivated locally for its root, which can be eaten like salsify; also called golden thistle. ΚΠ 1863 F. Burr Field & Garden Veg. 94 Spanish oyster plant. 1890 Amer. Naturalist 24 643 Scolymus, Spanish scolymus, Spanish oyster plant, or golden thistle. a1921 A. Teixeira de Mattos tr. J. H. Fabre Insect World of J. H. Fabre (1991) i. 4 Here and there..like a chandelier with spreading, orange flowers for lights, the fierce Spanish oyster-plant, whose spikes are strong as nails. 1978 O. Polunin & A. Huxley Flowers of Mediterranean 192 S[colymus] hispanicus. Spanish Oyster Plant. An extremely spiny, thistle-like plant with yellow stalkless flower heads surrounded and overtopped by very spiny bracts. < as lemmas |
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