单词 | milk thistle |
释义 | milk thistle in British Englishnoun another name for sow thistle sow thistle in British English (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) rauriki Word origin C13: from sugethistel, perhaps variant of Old English thugethistel, thuthistel thowthistle, a dialect name of the sow thistle. See sow2, thistleExamples of 'milk thistle' in a sentence |
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