thistle tube

English

Etymology

From its resemblance in shape to a thistle.

Noun

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.

Translations

a small laboratory gas burner

• Tagalog: mikbansi