thistle tube

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Etymology[edit]

From its resemblance in shape to a thistle.

Noun[edit]

thistle tube (plural thistle tubes)

  1. (chemistry) 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.

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