单词 | russian thistle |
释义 | Russian thistle in American English US a spiny weed (Salsola kali) of the goosefoot family: it matures into a spherical tumbleweed Russian thistle in American Englishnoun a saltwort, Salsola kali tenuifolia, that has narrow, spinelike leaves, a troublesome weed in the central and western U.S Also called: Russian tumbleweed Word origin [1890–95, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bootstrap, historicism, masochism, pogey, takedown |
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