| 释义 |
sow thistle
noun
Etymology: Middle English sowethistel, from earlier sugethistel, from Old English sugu sow + thistel thistle — more at sow, thistle
: any of several coarse often somewhat spiny annual or perennial weedy herbs constituting the genus Sonchus, being native to Europe but naturalized throughout most of the world, and growing especially in cultivated soils where they are noxious weeds |