单词 | golden thistle |
释义 | golden thistle (once / 909178 pages) n WORD FAMILY golden thistle: golden thistles USAGE EXAMPLESIt was of green velvet, scattered over with large golden thistles, and lined inside with silver brocade embroidered with pink roses. Various, The Orange Fairy Book(2011) There was the golden thistle, the horned poppy, the fringed gentian, the blue pimpernel, the rare orobanche ramosa, the yellow salvia, and pinks in profusion. Betham-Edwards, Matilda, The Roof of France(2010) It was of green velvet, scattered over with large golden thistles, and lined inside with silver brocade embroidered with pink roses. Lang, Andrew, The Orange Fairy Book(2010) n any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads Hypo|Hyper Scolymus hispanicus, Spanish oyster plant a golden thistle of southwestern Europe cultivated for its edible sweet roots and edible leaves and stalks; its yellow flowers are used as a substitute for saffron 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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