单词 | sow thistle |
释义 | Word Frequency sow thistle(saʊ) noun any of various plants of the Old World genus Sonchus, esp S. oleraceus, having milky juice, prickly leaves, and heads of yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites) Also called: milk thistle or (NZ) puha or (NZ) raurikiWord origin C13: from sugethistel, perhaps variant of Old English thugethistel, thuthistel thowthistle, a dialect name of the sow thistle. See sow2, thistle |
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