| 单词 | blessed thistle |
| 释义 | blessed thistle (once / 513884 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY blessed thistle USAGE EXAMPLESThe blessed thistle, of which one scandalized old writer says, "I suppose the name was put upon it by them that had little holiness themselves." Earle, Alice Morse, Customs and Fashions in Old New Eng...(2010) Its chief chemical constituent enicin, is identical with that of the Blessed thistle, and the Blue bottle, and closely resembles that of the Dandelion. Fernie, William Thomas, Herbal Simples Approved for Modern...(2010) To relieve this disagreeable feeling he was in the habit of taking a copious draught of an infusion of "blessed thistle" and ipecacuanha. Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle), Anomalies and Curiosities of Medici...(2010) 1 n tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America 2Syn|Hyper Our Lady's mild thistle, Silybum marianum, holy thistle, lady's thistle, milk thistle herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests n annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers Syn|Hyper Cnicus benedictus, sweet sultan 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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