thistle

thistle
noun

a widely distributed herbaceous plant of the daisy family, which typically has a prickly stem and leaves and rounded heads of purple flowers
蓟；蓟属植物
Carlina, Carduus, and other genera, family Compositae
刺苞术属，飞廉属及其他属，菊科
a plant of this type as the Scottish national emblem
蓟花（苏格兰国花）
This is usually identified as the cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
常被认为是大翅蓟（拉丁名Onopordum acanthium）

派生
thistly
adjective
语源

Old English thistel, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch distel and German Distel