/'θɪsl; `θɪsl/
n any of various types of wild plant with prickly leaves and purple, white or yellow flowers (the national emblem of Scotland) 蓟（野生, 叶有刺, 花呈紫色、白色或黄色, 为苏格兰的民族象徵）. =>illus at App
1 见附录1插图, page ii.


任何特别是飞廉属蓟属和大鳍蓟属菊科的植物，叶子边缘多刺

n [U and C]
[Language: Old English;Origin: thistel]
a wild plant which has leaves with sharp points and purple or white furry flowers


any of numerous plants of the family_Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves