| 单词 | sow thistle |
| 释义 | sow thistle[ sou ] / saʊ / nounany composite plant belonging to the genus Sonchus, especially S. oleraceus, a weed having thistlelike leaves, yellow flowers, and a milky juice. Origin of sow thistle1200–50; Middle English sowethistel, earlier sugethistel.See sow2, thistle Words nearby sow thistlesowens, Soweto, so what, sown, sow one's wild oats, sow thistle, sow wild oats, soy, soya bean, soybean, soybean oil Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sow thistle
British Dictionary definitions for sow thistlesow thistle / (saʊ) / nounany 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, (NZ) puha, (NZ) rauriki Word Origin for sow thistleC13: from sugethistel, perhaps variant of Old English thugethistel, thuthistel thowthistle, a dialect name of the sow thistle. See sow ², thistle Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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