| 单词 | melancholy thistle |
| 释义 | melancholy thistle (once / 2954828 pages) n WORD FAMILY melancholy thistle USAGE EXAMPLESA species of thistle was once believed to have the curious virtue of driving away melancholy, and was hence termed the "melancholy thistle." Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton), The Folk-lore of Plants(2010) n perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers Syn|Hyper Cirsium helenioides, Cirsium heterophylum thistle any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves |
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