[mass noun]a tough-stemmed Eurasian plant that typically has purple thistle-like flower heads, occurring chiefly in grassland and on roadsides. (also called hardheads) 矢车菊。 (拉丁名C. nigra,亦称 hardheads)
Genus Centaurea, family Compositae: several species, including the widespread common or lesser knapweed (C. nigra) (also called hardheads) 矢车菊属,菊科: 包括分布广泛的普通(或小)矢车菊(拉丁名C. nigra,亦称 hardheads)
语源
late Middle English (originally as knopweed): from knop (because of its hard rounded involucre or ‘head’) + weed