(亦作carline thistle)
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- a thistle-like European plant with flower heads that bear shiny persistent straw-coloured bracts刺苞菊。
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- Genus Carlina, family Compositae: several species, in particular C. vulgaris.刺苞菊属, 菊科：数种, 尤指欧洲刺苞菊。
词源
late 16th cent.: from French, from medieval Latin carlina, perhaps an alteration of cardina （from Latin carduus 'thistle'）, by association with Carolus Magnus （see CHARLEMAGNE）, to whom its medicinal properties were said to have been revealed.
(亦作carlin或carling)
(一般作carlines)
- any of the pieces of squared timber fitted fore and aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to support the deck planking短纵梁。
词源
Middle English （in the sense '(old) woman, witch'）： from Old Norse karling; the reason for nautical use of the word remains obscure.