| 单词 | marsh sowthistle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarsh sowthistle marsh sowthistle n. a very tall Eurasian sowthistle, Sonchus palustris, which grows in reed beds, especially by rivers. ΚΠ 1762 W. Hudson Flora Anglica 295 Sonchus..palustris... Marsh Sow-thistle. 1830 D. Booth Analyt. Dict. Eng. Lang. 180 The arvensis is the Corn Sowthistle, the palustris is the Marsh Sowthistle and the alpinus is the Blue Sowthistle. 1971 R. S. R. Fitter Finding Wild Flowers 295 The fen flora, found at its best in Woodwalton Fen, includes..such uncommon species as Fen Violet and Marsh Sow-thistle. 2002 J. Burchardt Paradise Lost xiv. 169 The farmers wanted to drain the marshes, but they sheltered endangered indigenous species such as bitterns, swallowtail butterflies and marsh sowthistle. marsh sow-thistle marsh sow-thistle n. ΚΠ 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 617/2 The [sonchus] palustris, or marsh sow-thistle. 1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 45/2 I found the marsh sow-thistle growing abundantly in this district. < as lemmas |
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