thistledown

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this·tle·down /ˈθɪsəldaʊn/ noun [uncountable]  HBPthe soft feathery substance fastened to thistle seeds that helps them to float in the air 蓟种子冠毛

Examples from the Corpus

thistledown• A thistledown floated into the bright phallus of the sunbeam and hovered over his face.• He blew a bit of thistledown from the still-wet surface of his picture.• She was no lightweight, yet he had lifted her as though she were thistledown.

this·tle·down nounChineseSyllable  

feathery fastened substance thistle the seeds soft to Corpus

thistledown
this‧tle‧down /ˈθɪsəldaʊn/ noun [uncountable]
the soft feathery substance fastened to thistle seeds that helps them to float in the air

thistle·downBrE /ˈθɪsldaʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈθɪsldaʊn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a very light soft substance that contains thistle seeds and is blown from thistles by the wind 蓟种子冠毛