单词 | Scotch thistle |
释义 | Scotch thistle (once / 358161 pages) n WORD FAMILY Scotch thistle: Scotch thistles USAGE EXAMPLESIt was a squatter who introduced sparrows into Australia, and rabbits, and Scotch thistles, and docks, and the bot fly; also swine fever. Desmond, Valerie, The Awful Australian(2011) Of course opinions differ as to what was or is the true Scotch thistle, but of the several varieties of thistles many beliefs are entertained. Taylor, Benjamin, Storyology—Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea...(2010) “I refer particularly to the Scotch thistle,” said the gentleman, “which is not particularly unlike the other thistles with which we are familiar. Knox, Thomas Wallace, The Land of the Kangaroo—Adventures...(2010) n biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America Syn|Hyper Onopordon acanthium, Onopordum acanthium, cotton thistle, woolly thistle thistle any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves |
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