English Explanatory Dictionary

thistle tube

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An item of glass laboratory equipment like a funnel consisting of a long, fine tube and a bulbous reservoir at the top. Used for introducing liquids, with care, into a solution.

Word forms

thistle tube thistle tubes

Etymology

From its resemblance in shape to a thistle.

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