thistle
/ˈθɪsl/noun
1
- a widely distributed herbaceous plant of the daisy family, which typically has a prickly stem and leaves and rounded heads of purple flowers蓟; 蓟属植物。
1.1
- Carlina, Carduus, and other genera, family Compositae.刺苞术属, 飞廉属及其他属, 菊科。
2
- a plant of this type as the Scottish national emblem蓟花（苏格兰国花）。
2.1
- This is usually identified as the cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium).常被认为是大翅蓟（拉丁名Onopordum acanthium）。
派生词
thistly
adjective词源
Old English thistel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch distel and German Distel.